almadraba

== English == === Etymology === From Spanish almadraba. === Noun === almadraba (countable and uncountable, plural almadrabas) (uncountable) A Mediterranean fishing technique for catching Atlantic bluefin tuna consisting of suspending nets in walls that guide the fish to a central net trap where they are caught for slaughter. (countable) An arrangement of nets for this purpose. ==== Translations ==== == Portuguese == === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: al‧ma‧dra‧ba === Noun === almadraba f (plural almadrabas) alternative form of almadrava === Further reading === “almadraba”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “almadraba”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Etymology === From Andalusian Arabic المضربة (almaḍrába). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /almaˈdɾaba/ [al.maˈð̞ɾa.β̞a] Rhymes: -aba Syllabification: al‧ma‧dra‧ba === Noun === almadraba f (plural almadrabas) tuna fishing fishing nets arranged as a fence to corral and catch tuna === Further reading === “almadraba”, 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