albacora

== English == === Noun === albacora (plural albacoras) Obsolete form of albacore (“longfin tuna”). == Galician == === Etymology === From Andalusian Arabic, from classical Arabic اَلْبَكُورَة (al-bakūra, “the young camels”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /albaˈkɔɾa/ [ɑl.β̞ɑˈkɔ.ɾɐ] Rhymes: -ɔɾa === Noun === albacora f (plural albacoras) albacore, longfin tuna (Thunnus alalunga, a large marine fish) === References === Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “albacora”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “albacora”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “albacora”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN == Italian == === Alternative forms === albicore m === Etymology === Borrowed from Spanish albacora (“swordfish”), from Arabic اَلْبَكُورَة (al-bakūra, “the young camels”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /al.baˈkɔ.ra/ Rhymes: -ɔra Hyphenation: al‧ba‧cò‧ra === Noun === albacora f (plural albacore) synonym of alalonga ==== Derived terms ==== tonno albacora == Portuguese == === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -ɔɾɐ Hyphenation: al‧ba‧co‧ra === Noun === albacora f (plural albacoras) albacore, longfin tuna (Thunnus alalunga, a large marine fish) === Further reading === “albacora”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “albacora”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Alternative forms === abacora === Etymology === From Andalusian Arabic اَلْبَكُورَة (al-bakúra), from classical Arabic اَلْبَكُورَة (al-bakūra, “the young camels”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /albaˈkoɾa/ [al.β̞aˈko.ɾa] Rhymes: -oɾa Syllabification: al‧ba‧co‧ra === Noun === albacora f (plural albacoras) breba, an early Ficus carica fig Synonym: breva swordfish (Xiphias gladius) Synonym: pez espada === Further reading === “albacora”, 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