albacora

albacora (plural albacoras)

1. Obsolete form of albacore (“longfin tuna”).

From Andalusian Arabic, from classical Arabic اَلْبَكُورَة (al-bakūra, “the young camels”).

• IPA^(key): /albaˈkɔɾa/ [ɑl.β̞ɑˈkɔ.ɾɐ]
• Rhymes: -ɔɾa

albacora f (plural albacoras)

1. albacore, longfin tuna (Thunnus alalunga, a large marine fish)

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “albacora”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “albacora”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “albacora”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

• albicore m

Borrowed from Spanish albacora (“swordfish”), from Arabic اَلْبَكُورَة (al-bakūra, “the young camels”).

• IPA^(key): /al.baˈkɔ.ra/
• Rhymes: -ɔra
• Hyphenation: al‧ba‧cò‧ra

albacora f (plural albacore)

1. Synonym of alalonga

• tonno albacora

albacora f (plural albacoras)

1. albacore, longfin tuna (Thunnus alalunga, a large marine fish)

• abacora

From Andalusian Arabic اَلْبَكُورَة (al-bakúra), from classical Arabic اَلْبَكُورَة (al-bakūra, “the young camels”).

• IPA^(key): /albaˈkoɾa/ [al.β̞aˈko.ɾa]
• Rhymes: -oɾa
• Syllabification: al‧ba‧co‧ra

albacora f (plural albacoras)

1. breba, an early Ficus carica fig

   Synonym: breva

2. swordfish (Xiphias gladius)

   Synonym: pez espada

• “albacora”, 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