atalaya

== Old Galician-Portuguese == === Alternative forms === atalaia, atallaya === Etymology === Borrowed from Arabic الطَّلائِعَ (aṭ-ṭalāʔiʕa, “vanguard”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ataˈlaja/ Rhymes: -aja === Noun === atalaya f (plural atalayas) sentinel, sentry Synonym: atalayador watchtower (transferred sense) tower Synonym: torre ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Galician: atalaia Portuguese: atalaia === References === Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “atalaia”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Cunha, Antônio Geraldo da (2020–2026), “atalaya”, in Vocabulário histórico-cronológico do português medieval [Historical and chronological vocabulary of Medieval Portuguese] (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Fundação Casa de Rui Barbosa Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “atala@a”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega == Spanish == === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -aʝa Syllabification: a‧ta‧la‧ya === Etymology 1 === From Arabic الطَّلَائِع (aṭ-ṭalāʔiʕ), plural of طَلِيعَة (ṭalīʕa, “vanguard”). ==== Noun ==== atalaya f (plural atalayas) watchtower Synonym: vigía height ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== atalaya inflection of atalayar: third-person singular present indicative second-person singular imperative === Further reading === “atalaya”, 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