almadraba

English

Etymology

From Spanish almadraba

Noun

almadraba (plural almadrabas)

  1. A Mediterranean fishing technique for catching Atlantic bluefin tuna consisting of suspending nets in walls that guide the fish to a central net trap where they are caught for slaughter.

Translations

Portuguese

Noun

almadraba f (plural almadrabas)

  1. Alternative form of almadrava

Spanish

Noun

almadraba f (plural almadrabas)

  1. Tuna fishing.
  2. Fishing nets arranged as a fence to corral and catch tuna.

References

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

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