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Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish almondiguilla (“little meatball”), influenced by mondongo (“tripe”). From Andalusian Arabic البُنْدُقَة (al-bunduqa, “the hazelnut”), from Arabic بُنْدُق (bunduq, “hazelnut, pebble, bullet”), from Middle Persian pndk' (pondik, “hazelnut”), from Ancient Greek Ποντικόν κάρυον (Pontikón káruon, “Pontic nut”). Compare Spanish albóndiga and Portuguese almôndega.
Pronunciation
Noun
mandonguilla f (plural mandonguilles)
- meatball
See also
Further reading
- “mandonguilla” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.