almogávar

== Galician == === Etymology === From Old Galician-Portuguese almogavar, almograve (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Andalusian Arabic المُغَاوِر (al-muḡā́wir), from Arabic مُغَاوِر (muḡāwir). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [almoˈɣaβɐɾ] === Noun === almogávar m (plural almogávares) (historical) rider, marauder, applied mostly to Christian soldiers who realized raids on Muslim territories during the Middle Ages === References === Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “almogavar”, 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), “almogavar”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (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), “almogávar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega == Portuguese == === Etymology === Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese almogavar, from Andalusian Arabic المُغَاوِر (al-muḡā́wir), from Arabic مُغَاوِر (muḡāwir). === Pronunciation === === Noun === almogávar m (plural almogávares) (historical) almogavar (light footsoldier during the Reconquista) ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “almogávar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “almogávar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN “almogávar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Etymology === From Andalusian Arabic المُغَاوِر (al-muḡā́wir), from Arabic مُغَاوِر (muḡāwir). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /almoˈɡabaɾ/ [al.moˈɣ̞a.β̞aɾ] Rhymes: -abaɾ Syllabification: al‧mo‧gá‧var === Adjective === almogávar m or f (masculine and feminine plural almogávares) (historical) almogavar === Noun === almogávar m (plural almogávares) (historical) almogavar (light footsoldier during the Reconquista) ==== Descendants ==== → English: almogavar === Further reading === “almogávar”, 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