anchoa

Spanish

Alternative forms

anchova

Etymology

From Ligurian anciôa, from Vulgar Latin *apiuva, from Latin aphyē (“small fry”), from Ancient Greek ἀφύη (aphúē). Doublet of anjova.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /anˈt͡ʃoa/ [ãnʲˈt͡ʃo.a]
(Castilian)
Audio (file)
Rhymes: -oa
Syllabification: an‧cho‧a

Noun

anchoa f (plural anchoas)

anchovy (small saltwater fish)
Synonyms: bocarte m, boquerón m

Derived terms

anchoveta

Descendants

→ Asturian: anchoa
→ Basque: antxoa
→ Catalan: anxova
- → Spanish: anjova
→ Galician: anchoa
→ Dutch: ansjovis
- Afrikaans: ansjovis
- → Danish: ansjos
- → Estonian: anšoovis
- → Faroese: ansjós
- → German: Anchovis, Anschovis
  - → Hebrew: אַנְשׁוֹבִי‎ (anshóvi)
- → Icelandic: ansjósa
- → Latvian: anšovs
- → Lithuanian: ančiuvis
- → Norwegian: ansjos
- → Papiamentu: anchóvis, ansjovis
- → Swedish: ansjovis
- → West Frisian: ansjofisk
→ English: anchovy
- → Esperanto: anĉovo
- → Irish: ainseabhaí
- → Japanese: アンチョビ (anchobi), アンチョビー (anchobī)
- → Korean: 안초비 (anchobi)
- → Manx: ançhovee
- → Persian: آنچوی‎ (ânčovi)
→ Portuguese: anchova, enchova
→ Sicilian: anciova, ancioa
- → Arabic: أَنْشُوفة‎ (ʾanšūfa)

Further reading

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

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