atalaya
See also: atalayá and Atalaya
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /ataˈlaʝa/ [a.t̪aˈla.ʝa]
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ataˈlaʃa/ [a.t̪aˈla.ʃa]
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ataˈlaʒa/ [a.t̪aˈla.ʒa]
- Rhymes: -aʝa
- Syllabification: a‧ta‧la‧ya
Etymology 1
From Arabic الطَّلَائِع (aṭ-ṭalāʾiʿ), plural of طَلِيعَة (ṭalīʿa, “vanguard”).
Noun
atalaya f (plural atalayas)
- watchtower
- Synonym: vigía
- height
Derived terms
- atalayar
Verb
atalaya
- inflection of atalayar:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Further reading
- “atalaya”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014