albañal

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Spanish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic بَلَّاعَة (ballāʕa), via Andalusian Arabic.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /albaˈɲal/
  • Rhymes: -al
  • Syllabification: al‧ba‧ñal

Noun

albañal m (plural albañales)

  1. sewer, drain
    • 2015 December 4, “Aclara el Citma en Granma las preocupaciones sobre la deplorable situación del río Jiguaní › Granma - Órgano oficial del PCC”, in Granma:
      Morales Peláez plantea sus preocupaciones sobre la “situación deplorable que presenta el río que atraviesa el municipio de Jiguaní en relación con el vertimiento de residuales albañales, escombros y basura, lo cual unido a la sequía y al uso indiscriminado para el riego de la agricultura y las indisciplinas sociales pueden conllevar a su desaparición”.
      Morales Peláez raised his concerns about the “deplorable situation that the river that runs through the municipality of Jiguaní presents in relation to the dumping of residual sewage, rubble and garbage, which together with the drought and the indiscriminate use of the river for the irrigation of agriculture as well as social indiscipline could lead to its disappearance”.

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