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Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Andalusian Arabic صَحْب الوَصِيَّة (ṣáḥb alwaṣíyya, literally “companion of the will”); see Arabic صَحْب (ṣaḥb), وَصِيَّة (waṣiyya).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /albaˈθea/
- IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /albaˈsea/
- Rhymes: -ea
- Syllabification: al‧ba‧ce‧a
Noun
albacea m or f by sense (plural albaceas)
- (law) testamentary executor, administrator
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