dársena

See also: darsena

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic دَار الصِّنَاعَة (dār aṣ-ṣināʕa, literally “house of industry”). Compare Spanish arsenal. Cognate with Italian darsena.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈdaɾsena/ [ˈd̪aɾ.se.na]
Rhymes: -aɾsena
Syllabification: dár‧se‧na

Noun

dársena f (plural dársenas)

dock (internal part of a harbour used for shoring vessels)
dock (internal part of a harbour used for loading and unloading or repairing vessels)
area used for loading and unloading vehicles

Further reading

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

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