arrabal
Spanish
Etymology
From Andalusian Arabic الرَبَض (ar-rabáḍ), from Arabic رَبَض (rabaḍ, “outskirts”). Cognate to Catalan raval.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /araˈbal/ [a.raˈβ̞al]
- Rhymes: -al
- Syllabification: a‧rra‧bal
Noun
arrabal m (plural arrabales)
- suburb
- Synonym: afueras
Derived terms
- arrabalero
- arrabalizar
Further reading
- “arrabal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014