almíbar

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Spanish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Arabic المَيْبَة (al-mayba), from Persian (may beh, literally “quince nectar”).

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /alˈmibaɾ/ [alˈmi.β̞aɾ]
Audio (Venezuela): (file)
Rhymes: -ibaɾ
Syllabification: al‧mí‧bar

Noun[edit]

almíbar m (plural almíbares)

sugar water
sweet syrup, made of sugar only

Derived terms[edit]

almibarar

Descendants[edit]

→ Tagalog: arníbal

See also[edit]

jarabe

Further reading[edit]

“almíbar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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