bellota

bellota

Spanish

Etymology

From Andalusian Arabic, from Arabic بَلُّوطَة‎ (ballūṭa, “oak, acorn”), from Syriac ܒܠܘܛܐ.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /beˈʝota/ [beˈʝo.t̪a]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /beˈʝota/ [beˈʝo.t̪a]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /beˈʎota/ [beˈʎo.t̪a]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /beˈʃota/ [beˈʃo.t̪a]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /beˈʒota/ [beˈʒo.t̪a]

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• Rhymes: -ota
• Syllabification: be‧llo‧ta

Noun

bellota f (plural bellotas)

1. acorn (fruit of the oak)

Derived terms

• bellota de mar
• calabaza bellota

Related terms

• abellotado
• jamón de bellota

See also

• roble

Further reading

• “bellota”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Anagrams

• botella