anchova

• enchova

From Spanish anchova, anchoa, from Ligurian anciôa, from Vulgar Latin *apiuva, from Latin aphyē (“small fry”), from Ancient Greek ἀφύη (aphúē).

• Hyphenation: an‧cho‧va

anchova f (plural anchovas)

1. anchovy (small saltwater fish)
2. tailor (fish)

• anchovado
• anchoveta

• IPA^(key): /anˈt͡ʃoba/ [ãnʲˈt͡ʃo.β̞a]
• Rhymes: -oba
• Syllabification: an‧cho‧va

anchova f (plural anchovas)

1. Alternative form of anchoa

• “anchova”, 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