alquitara
Spanish
Etymology
From alcatara, from Andalusian Arabic القطارة (al-qaṭṭára), from Arabic قَطَّارَة (qaṭṭāra).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /alkiˈtaɾa/ [al.kiˈt̪a.ɾa]
- Rhymes: -aɾa
- Syllabification: al‧qui‧ta‧ra
Noun
alquitara f (plural alquitaras)
- still (device for distilling liquids)
- Synonym: alambique
Derived terms
- alquitarar
Verb
alquitara
- inflection of alquitarar:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Further reading
- “alquitara”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014