almirez

Spanish

Etymology

From Andalusian Arabic, from Arabic المِهْرَاس (al-mihrās).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Spain) /almiˈɾeθ/ [al.miˈɾeθ]
IPA^(key): (Latin America) /almiˈɾes/ [al.miˈɾes]
(Spain) Rhymes: -eθ
(Latin America) Rhymes: -es
Syllabification: al‧mi‧rez

Noun

almirez m (plural almireces)

large mortar (as in, mortar and pestle)
- 1887, Benito Pérez Galdós, Fortunata y Jacinta:
  Papitos cogió la mano del almirez, haciendo el ademán de machacar al señorito la cabeza.
  Papitos grabbed the handle of the pestle, pretending to crush the young man's head.

Further reading

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

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