alfarroba

== Galician == === Alternative forms === algarroa === Etymology === Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese alfarroba, borrowed from Arabic خَرُّوب (ḵarrūb), borrowed from Aramaic חַרּוּבָא. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /alfaˈroba/ [ɑl.faˈro.β̞ɐ] Rhymes: -oba Hyphenation: al‧fa‧rro‧ba === Noun === alfarroba f (plural alfarrobas) carob (fruit of the carob tree) === Further reading === “alfarroba”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026 “alfarroba”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2026 == Old Galician-Portuguese == === Alternative forms === algarava === Etymology === Borrowed from Arabic خَرُّوب (ḵarrūb). === Noun === alfarroba f (plural alfarrobas) carob ==== Descendants ==== Galician: alfarroba, algarroa Portuguese: alfarroba === References === Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “algara@a”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “alfarroba”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega == Portuguese == === Etymology === Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese alfarroba, borrowed from Arabic خَرُّوب (ḵarrūb), borrowed from Aramaic חַרּוּבָא. Compare Spanish algarroba. === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: al‧far‧ro‧ba === Noun === alfarroba f (plural alfarrobas) carob (fruit of the carob tree) ==== Derived terms ==== alfarrobeira === Further reading === Alfarrobeira on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia pt “alfarroba”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “alfarroba”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026