alfaque

== Portuguese == === Etymology === From Arabic الحَاجِز (al-ḥājiz). === Pronunciation === === Noun === alfaque m (plural alfaques) a sandbank, a shoal Synonyms: vau, vado, baixo, baixio, esparcel, restinga, sirte a reef Synonyms: recife, arrecife, abrolhos, escolhos === Further reading === “alfaque”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “alfaque”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Etymology === From Andalusian Arabic, from Arabic الحَاجِز (al-ḥājiz). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /alˈfake/ [alˈfa.ke] Rhymes: -ake Syllabification: al‧fa‧que === Noun === alfaque m (plural alfaques) sandbank === Further reading === “alfaque”, 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