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bellota

See also: Bellota

Spanish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Andalusian Arabic, from Arabic بَلُّوطَة (ballūṭa, “oak, acorn”), from Syriac ܒܠܘܛܐ.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /beˈʝota/ [beˈʝo.t̪a]
  • IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /beˈʎota/ [beˈʎo.t̪a]
  • IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /beˈʃota/ [beˈʃo.t̪a]
  • IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /beˈʒota/ [beˈʒo.t̪a]

  • Audio (Colombia):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ota
  • Syllabification: be‧llo‧ta

Noun

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bellota f (plural bellotas)

  1. acorn (fruit of the oak)

Derived terms

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