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mandonguilla.

meatball

12 characters4 syllables approx.Català language

Meaning & usage

noun[mən.duŋˈɡi.ʎə]Balearic, Central, Northern[man.doŋˈɡi.ʎa]Northwestern, Valencia

  1. meatball

    feminine
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Spanish almondiguilla (“little meatball”), influenced by mondongo (“tripe”). From Andalusian Arabic البُنْدُقَة (al-bunduqa, “the hazelnut”), from Arabic بُنْدُق (bunduq, “hazelnut, pebble, bullet”), from Middle Persian pndk' (pondik, “hazelnut”), from Ancient Greek Ποντικὸν κάρυον (Pontikòn káruon, “Pontic nut”). Compare Spanish albóndiga and Portuguese almôndega.

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