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Spanish
Etymology
From earlier bitácula, from French habitacle (“binnacle”), l'habitacle m being mistaken for *la bitacle f. Compare Catalan bitàcola and Portuguese bitácula.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /biˈtakoɾa/
- Rhymes: -akoɾa
- Syllabification: bi‧tá‧co‧ra
Noun
bitácora f (plural bitácoras)
- (nautical) binnacle (wooden housing for a ship's compass)
- (nautical, by extension) logbook (journal on a ship, kept in the binnacle)
- Synonym: cuaderno de bitácora
1858, Roselly de Lorgues, “Capitulo VII”, in Mariano Juderías, transl., Historia de Cristóbal Colon y de sus viajes, volume I:Sigamos braza á braza, el surco de las naves del heraldo de la cruz, y las maniobras y las viradas de viaje tan asombroso, apuntando los acaecimientos con la sencillez de un borrador de bitácora.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (social media) weblog, blog
- Synonyms: blog, weblog
2004 December 15, “Arcadi Espada convertirá en libro su bitácora”, in El País, Madrid, →ISSN:"Mi página es un lienzo que cuelgo en la calle. La gente lo ve, escupe, se ríe y se divierte. Y nada más". Con estas palabras, el escritor y periodista Arcadi Espada ha definido su bitácora, una de las de mayor éxito en la blogosfera española, que registra a diario más de 3.000 visitas y una cifra superior a los 300 comentarios.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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