albacea

== Spanish == === Etymology === Borrowed from Andalusian Arabic صَحْب الوَصِيَّة (ṣáḥb alwaṣíyya, literally “companion of the will”); see Arabic صَحْب (ṣaḥb), وَصِيَّة (waṣiyya). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /albaˈθea/ [al.β̞aˈθe.a] (Spain) IPA(key): /albaˈsea/ [al.β̞aˈse.a] (Latin America, Philippines) Rhymes: -ea Syllabification: al‧ba‧ce‧a === Noun === albacea m or f by sense (plural albaceas) (law) testamentary executor, administrator === Further reading === “albacea”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025