almendra

See also: Almendra and almendrá

Asturian

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *amendla, *amandula, from Latin amygdala, from Ancient Greek ἀμυγδάλη (amugdálē), of Pre-Greek origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /alˈmendɾa/, [alˈmẽn̪.d̪ɾa]
• Rhymes: -endɾa
• Hyphenation: al‧men‧dra

Noun

almendra f (plural almendres)

1. almond

Related terms

• almendral

Chavacano

Etymology

Inherited from Spanish almendra.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /alˈmendɾa/, [alˈmẽn̪.d̪ɾa]
• Rhymes: -endɾa
• Hyphenation: al‧men‧dra

Noun

almendra (plural almendras)

1. almond

Ladino

Etymology

From Old Spanish almendra (compare Spanish almendra), from Vulgar Latin, from Latin amygdala, from Ancient Greek ἀμυγδάλη (amugdálē).

Noun

almendra f (Latin spelling, plural almendras)

1. almond

Mirandese

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *amendla, *amandula, from Latin amygdala, from Ancient Greek ἀμυγδάλη (amugdálē), of Pre-Greek origin.

Noun

almendra f (plural almendras)

1. almond

Derived terms

• almendreira
• almendral

Old Spanish

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin, from Latin amygdala, from Ancient Greek ἀμυγδάλη (amugdálē).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /alˈmendɾa/

Noun

almendra f (plural almendras)

1. almond
   • c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 23r:

     […] E fizierõ aſi fijos de iſrꝉ eotro dia floreçio el blago de aaron ⁊ leuo almẽdras.

     […] And so they did the children of Israel. And on the next day the staff of Aaron blossomed and bore almonds.

Descendants

• Ladino: almendra
• Spanish: almendra
  • → Chavacano: almendra

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /alˈmendɾa/ [alˈmẽn̪.d̪ɾa]

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• Rhymes: -endɾa
• Syllabification: al‧men‧dra

Etymology 1

Almendras

Inherited from Old Spanish almendra (compare Ladino almendra), from Vulgar Latin *amendla, *amandula, from Latin amygdala, from Ancient Greek ἀμυγδάλη (amugdálē), of Pre-Greek origin. Doublet of amígdala and mandorla.

Noun

almendra f (plural almendras)

1. almond (type of tree nut)
2. kernel (central (usually edible) part of a nut)
3. (colloquial, Spain) a human head, especially a big one; a melon

   Ahora que lo pienso, es verdad que tiene buena almendra.

   Now that I think about it, he does have a huge melon.

Derived terms

• almendrado
• almendrar
• almendro
• harina de almendra (“almond meal, almond flour”)
• leche de almendra

 

Related terms

• amígdala

 

Descendants

• → Chavacano: almendra

Etymology 2

Verb

almendra

1. inflection of almendrar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “almendra”, 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