Noun: mandonguilla
Gender: f
Hyphenation:
| Singular f | mandonguilla |
| Plural f | mandonguilles |
Sample Sentences
Nouns inflected like mandonguilla
taquicàrdia,
indumentària,
histerectomia,
secada,
seguda,
segura,
segada,
segona,
sedera,
sembra,
savina,
safata,
sageta,
sagita,
sagnia,
sabata,
sabana,
sacada,
sambra,
sanefa, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
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. See: Spanish Nouns '
almondiguilla', Spanish Nouns '
albóndiga', Portuguese Nouns '
almôndega'.
Verbs referencing "mandonguilla"
Italian Nouns
mondeghino.
Translations