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Spanish
Etymology
From Andalusian Arabic, from Arabic المِهْرَاس (al-mihrās).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /almiˈɾeθ/
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /almiˈɾes/
- (Spain) Rhymes: -eθ
- (Latin America) Rhymes: -es
- Syllabification: al‧mi‧rez
Noun
almirez m (plural almireces)
- large mortar (as in, mortar and pestle)
1887, Benito Pérez Galdós, Fortunata y Jacinta:Papitos cogió la mano del almirez, haciendo el ademán de machacar al señorito la cabeza.- Papitos grabbed the handle of the pestle, pretending to crush the young man's head.
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