acelga

Noun

acelga f (plural acelgas)

1. chard

Further reading

• “acelga” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

Alternative forms

• celga

Etymology

From Arabic السِّلْقَة‎ (as-silqa). Compare Spanish acelga.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈsɛwɡɐ/
• Hyphenation: a‧cel‧ga

Noun

acelga f (plural acelgas)

1. (cooking, botany) chard (Beta vulgaris, sometimes Beta vulgaris var. cicla)

Etymology

From Arabic السلقَة‎ (as-silqa), from Greek Σικελή (Sikelí, “the Sicilian”).

Pronunciation

• (Castilian) IPA^(key): /aˈθelɡa/
• (Latin America) IPA^(key): /aˈselɡa/

Noun

acelga f (plural acelgas)

1. chard

Further reading

• “acelga” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.