mojama
English
Etymology
From Spanish mojama, from Arabic مُشَمَّع (mušammaʿ, “of wax”).
Noun
mojama (uncountable)
- A Mediterranean dish consisting of filleted salt-cured tuna.
Spanish
Alternative forms
- almojama (obsolete)
Etymology
From earlier almojama, from Arabic مُشَمَّع (mušammaʿ, “of wax”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /moˈxama/ [moˈxa.ma]
- Rhymes: -ama
- Syllabification: mo‧ja‧ma
Noun
mojama f (plural mojamas)
- mojama
Derived terms
- amojamar
Further reading
- “mojama”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014