abacora

• IPA^(key): /abaˈkoɾa/ [a.β̞aˈko.ɾa]

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• Rhymes: -oɾa
• Syllabification: a‧ba‧co‧ra

Inherited from Old Spanish [Term?], from Andalusian Arabic اَلْبَكُورَة (albakúra), from classical Arabic اَلْبَكُورَة (al-bakūra, “the young camels”).

abacora f (plural abacoras)

1. (Antilles) alternative form of albacora; swordfish
2. (Latin America) type of tuna

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

abacora

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

• “abacora”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024