abacá

See also: abaca, abacà, and abacă

Galician

Etymology

Borrowed from Tagalog abaka.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /abaˈka/ [a.βべーた̞ɑˈkɑ]
• Rhymes: -a
• Hyphenation: a‧ba‧cá

Noun

abacá m (plural abacás)

1. abaca
2. Manilla hemp

Further reading

• “abacá”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Tagalog abaka.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.baˈka/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.bɐˈka/ [ɐ.βべーたɐˈka]

• Rhymes: -a
• Hyphenation: a‧ba‧cá

Noun

abacá m (plural abacás)

1. abaca (Musa textilis, a species of banana)
2. Manila hemp (a fibre extracted from the abaca)

Alternative forms

• alvacá (rare, obsolete)

Further reading

• “abacá” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Tagalog abaka.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /abaˈka/ [a.βべーた̞aˈka]

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• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: a‧ba‧cá

Noun

abacá m (plural abacás)

1. abaca
2. Manilla hemp

Descendants

• → English: abaca
  • → Norwegian Bokmål: abaca

Further reading

• “abacá”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28