alhóndiga

From Andalusian Arabic الفُنْدَق (al-fúndaq), from Arabic فُنْدُق (funduq, “inn, hotel”), from Ancient Greek πανδοκεῖον (pandokeîon, “inn”). Cognate to Catalan alfòndec and Portuguese alfândega.

• IPA^(key): /aˈlondiɡa/ [aˈlõn̪.d̪i.ɣ̞a]
• Rhymes: -ondiɡa
• Syllabification: al‧hón‧di‧ga

alhóndiga f (plural alhóndigas)

1. grain store

• “alhóndiga”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28