abacá

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See also: abaca, abacà, and abacă

Galician

Etymology

Borrowed from Tagalog abaka.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /abaˈka/
  • Rhymes: -a
  • Hyphenation: a‧ba‧cá

Noun

abacá m (plural abacás)

  1. abaca
  2. Manilla hemp

Further reading

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Tagalog abaka.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -a
  • Hyphenation: a‧ba‧cá

Noun

abacá m (plural abacás)

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

Alternative forms

Further reading

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

Spanish

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Etymology

Borrowed from Tagalog abaka.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /abaˈka/
  • Audio (Venezuela):(file)
  • Rhymes: -a
  • Syllabification: a‧ba‧cá

Noun

abacá m (plural abacás)

  1. abaca
  2. Manilla hemp

Descendants

  • → English: abaca
    • → Norwegian Bokmål: abaca

Further reading

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