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Spanish

FWOTD – 2 July 2024

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مِهْرَاس (mihrās), via Andalusian Arabic.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /almiˈɾeθ/
  • IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /almiˈɾes/
  • Rhymes: -eθ
  • Rhymes: -es
  • Syllabification: al‧mi‧rez

Noun

almirez m (plural almireces)

  1. 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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