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almadraba

tuna trap; a way of fishing tuna with a maze of netsarte de pesca del atún con un laberinto de redes

Comes from Arabic

المَضْرَبَة

al-maḍraba

“the place of striking”«el lugar donde se golpea»

Arabic today says

مِصْيَدَة التُّونَة

miṣyadat at-tūna

Root

ض ر ب

ḍ-r-b

The article

Spanish kept the Arabic article al- glued to the word.

The story

From ḍaraba, "to strike": the tuna caught in the nets were hauled out with blows. It is still practiced on the coast of Cádiz.De ḍaraba, «golpear»: los atunes atrapados en las redes se sacaban a golpes. Se sigue practicando en la costa de Cádiz.

In a sentence

La almadraba de Barbate es famosa por su atún.

The tuna trap at Barbate is famous for its tuna.

مِصْيَدَةُ بَارْبَاتِي مَشْهُورَةٌ بِتُونَتِهَا.

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