almendra

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

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

almendra f (plural almendres)

1. almond

• almendral

From Spanish almendra.

almendra

1. almond

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

almendra f (Latin spelling, plural almendras)

1. almond

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

almendra f (plural almendras)

1. almond

• almendreira
• almendral

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

• IPA^(key): /alˈmendɾa/

almendra f (plural almendras)

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

     […] E fizieró aſi fijos de iſrł eotro dia floreçio el blago de aaron ¬ leuo almédras.

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

• amígdala

• → Chavacano: almendra

almendra

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

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