almondigas

== Tagalog == === Alternative forms === albondigas almundigas, albundigas — superseded, pre-2014 === Etymology === Borrowed from Spanish almóndigas, plural of almóndiga, a variant of albóndiga, from Arabic الْبُنْدُقَة (al-bunduqa, “hazelnut”), from Ancient Greek Ποντικὸν κάρυον (Pontikòn káruon). === Pronunciation === (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔalmondiˈɡas/ [ʔɐl.mon̪.d̪ɪˈɣ̠as] Rhymes: -as Syllabification: al‧mon‧di‧gas === Noun === almondigás (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎ᜔ᜋᜓᜈ᜔ᜇᜒᜄᜐ᜔) meatball Synonym: bola-bola ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “almondigas”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025 “almondigas”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018 Cuadrado Muñiz, Adolfo (1972), Hispanismos en el tagalo: diccionario de vocablos de origen español vigentes en esta lengua filipina, Madrid: Oficina de Educación Iberoamericana, page 21