abacá

See also: abaca, abacà, and abacă

Galician

Etymology

Borrowed from Tagalog abaka.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /abaˈka/ [a.β̞ɑˈkɑ]
Rhymes: -a
Hyphenation: a‧ba‧cá

Noun

abacá m (plural abacás)

Further reading

“abacá”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, since 2012

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Tagalog abaka.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.baˈka/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.bɐˈka/ [ɐ.βɐˈka]

Rhymes: -a
Hyphenation: a‧ba‧cá

Noun

abacá m (plural abacás)

abaca (Musa textilis, a species of banana)
Manila hemp (a fibre extracted from the abaca)

Alternative forms

alvacá (rare, obsolete)

Further reading

“abacá” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Tagalog abaka.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /abaˈka/ [a.β̞aˈka]
Audio (Venezuela): (file)
Rhymes: -a
Syllabification: a‧ba‧cá

Noun

abacá m (plural abacás)

Descendants

→ English: abaca
- → Norwegian Bokmål: abaca

Further reading

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

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