amarraco

Spanish

Alternative forms

• amarreco

Etymology

Borrowed from Basque hamarreko (“[group] of ten”), from hamar (“ten”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /amaˈrako/ [a.maˈra.ko]
• Rhymes: -ako
• Syllabification: a‧ma‧rra‧co

Noun

amarraco m (plural amarracos)

1. (card games, mus) a token or small object worth five points

Further reading

• “amarraco”, 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