almofalla

Spanish

Etymology

From Arabic اَلْمَحَلَّة‎ (al-maḥalla, “encampment”), from حَلَّ‎ (ḥalla, “to dismount”).

Pronunciation

(Castilian) IPA^(key): /almoˈfaʎa/

(Latin America) IPA^(key): /almoˈfaɟ͡ʝa/, [almoˈfaʝa]

Noun

almofalla f (plural almofallas)

(archaic) encampment, encamped army
(archaic) host, army

Further reading

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

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