almendra

From Vulgar Latin *amendla, *amandula, from Latin amygdala, from Ancient Greek ἀμυγδάλη (amugdálē), of pre-Greek origin.

almendra f (plural almendres)

1. almond

• almendral

almendra f (Latin spelling, plural almendras)

1. almond

From Vulgar Latin *amendla, *amandula, from Latin amygdala, from Ancient Greek ἀμυγδάλη (amugdálē), of pre-Greek origin.

almendra f (plural almendras)

1. almond

• almendreira
• almendral

From Old Spanish almendra (compare Ladino almendra), from Vulgar Latin *amendla, *amandula, from Latin amygdala, from Ancient Greek ἀμυγδάλη (amugdálē), of pre-Greek origin. Doublet of amígdala.

• IPA^(key): /alˈmendɾa/, [alˈmẽn̪d̪ɾa]

almendra f (plural almendras)

1. almond (type of tree nut)
2. kernel (central (usually edible) part of a nut)
3. (colloquial) (Spain) A human head, especially a big one; a melon.

   Ahora que lo pienso, es verdad que tiene buena almendra.

   Now that I think about it, he does have a huge melon.

• almendro
• almendrado
• almendrar

• amígdala

almendra

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of almendrar.
2. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of almendrar.

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