albacea

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Andalusian Arabic صَحْب الوَصِيَّة (ṣáḥb alwaṣíyya, literally “companion of the will”); see Arabic صَحْب (ṣaḥb), وَصِيَّة (waṣiyya).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /albaˈθea/ [al.β̞aˈθe.a] (Spain)
  • IPA(key): /albaˈsea/ [al.β̞aˈse.a] (Latin America, Philippines)
  • Rhymes: -ea
  • Syllabification: al‧ba‧ce‧a

Noun

albacea m or f by sense (plural albaceas)

  1. (law) testamentary executor, administrator

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