alfadía

Spanish

Etymology

From Andalusian Arabic الهَدِيَّة (al-hadíyya), from Arabic هَدِيَّة (hadiyya, “donation, offering”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /alfaˈdia/ [al.faˈð̞i.a]
• Rhymes: -ia
• Syllabification: al‧fa‧dí‧a

Noun

alfadía f (plural alfadías)

1. (obsolete) bribe

   Synonym: soborno

Further reading

• “alfadía”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28