alfaque

Portuguese

Etymology

From Arabic الحَاجِز (al-ḥājiz).

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /awˈfa.ki/ [aʊ̯ˈfa.ki]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /awˈfa.ke/ [aʊ̯ˈfa.ke]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /alˈfa.kɨ/ [aɫˈfa.kɨ]

Noun

alfaque m (plural alfaques)

a sandbank, a shoal
Synonyms: vau, vado, baixo, baixio, esparcel, restinga, sirte
a reef
Synonyms: recife, arrecife, abrolhos, escolhos

Spanish

Etymology

From Andalusian Arabic, from Arabic الحَاجِز (al-ḥājiz).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /alˈfake/ [alˈfa.ke]
Rhymes: -ake
Syllabification: al‧fa‧que

Noun

alfaque m (plural alfaques)

sandbank

Further reading

“alfaque”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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