ancla

From Latin ancora, from Ancient Greek ἄγκυρα (ánkura).

ancla f (plural ancles)

1. anchor

• anclar

Inherited from Latin ancora, from Ancient Greek ἄγκυρα (ánkura). Doublet of áncora.

• IPA^(key): /ˈankla/ [ˈãŋ.kla]
• Rhymes: -ankla
• Syllabification: an‧cla

ancla f (plural anclas)

1. anchor

   Synonym: áncora

• The feminine noun ancla is like other feminine nouns starting with a stressed /a/ sound in that it takes the articles el and un (normally reserved for masculine nouns) in the singular when there is no intervening adjective:

el ancla

un ancla

• However, if an adjective, even one that begins with stressed /a/ such as alta or ancha, intervenes between the article and the noun, the article reverts to la or una.

• anclar

• → Cebuano: angkla
• → Tagalog: angkla

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

ancla

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

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