acémila

Spanish

Etymology

From Arabic زَامِلَة‎ (zāmila, “beast of burden”) (compare Maltese żiemel (“horse”)).

Pronunciation

(Castilian) IPA^(key): /aˈθemila/

(Latin America) IPA^(key): /aˈsemila/

Noun

acémila f (plural acémilas)

mule; beast of burden

Derived terms

acemilero

Further reading

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

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