almáciga

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /alˈmaθiɡa/ [alˈma.θi.ɣ̞a]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /alˈmasiɡa/ [alˈma.si.ɣ̞a]
• Rhymes: -aθiɡa
• Rhymes: -asiɡa
• Syllabification: al‧má‧ci‧ga

Borrowed from Arabic مَسْقًى (masqan) via Andalusian Arabic.

almáciga f (plural almácigas)

1. seedbed

Borrowed from Arabic مُصْطَكَى (muṣṭakā, “mastic”), from Ancient Greek μαστίχη (mastíkhē, “mastic”), through Andalusian Arabic.

almáciga f (plural almácigas)

1. a yellowy resin extracted from Pistacia lentiscus (mastic tree), mastic

• “almáciga”, 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