atafea

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Spanish

Etymology

Previously thought to have been borrowed from Arabic طَفَّاحَة (ṭaffāḥa) via Andalusian Arabic, but this theory is now largely rejected by modern etymologists, who instead connect it to Moroccan Arabic تْفَايَة (tfāya), referring to a sweet sauce used in Moroccan cuisine.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ataˈfea/
  • Rhymes: -ea
  • Syllabification: a‧ta‧fe‧a

Noun

atafea f (plural atafeas)

  1. (rare, obsolete) The meaning of this term is uncertain. Possibilities include:
    1. pig-out
    2. tfaya

References

  1. ^ Joaquín Bustamente Costa (15 December 1994) “Uno muere de atafea y otro la desea. La génesis de un error lexicográfico.”, in Al-Andalus Magreb‎ (in Spanish), number 2 (PDF), →ISSN, archived from the original on 16 October 2022, pages 37—53

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