algarabía
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Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Andalusian Arabic اَلْعَرَبِيَّة (al-ʕarabíyya, “Arabic [language]”), from Arabic اَلْعَرَبِيَّة (al-ʕarabiyya). Compare Portuguese algaravia.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]algarabía f (plural algarabías)
- (uncountable, rare, dated) Arabic (language)
- hubbub, uproar
- gibberish
- Synonyms: jerigonza f, galimatías m, guirigay m, periquera f
Further reading
[edit]- “algarabía”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
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