cenefa

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic صَنِيفَة (ṣanīfa), via Andalusian Arabic. Compare Sicilian zineffa.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Spain) /θeˈnefa/ [θeˈne.fa]
IPA^(key): (Latin America) /seˈnefa/ [seˈne.fa]
Rhymes: -efa
Syllabification: ce‧ne‧fa

Noun

cenefa f (plural cenefas)

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Further reading

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

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