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Spanish
Etymology
Inherited from Old Spanish madrueña, from Latin māteria (“wood”) + -ōnea.
Noun
almadreña f (plural almadreñas)
- clog
- Synonyms: madreña, zueco
Further reading
- “almadreña”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28
- Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1984) “almadreña”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), volume I (A–Ca), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 183