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almazara

olive oil millmolino de aceite

Comes from Arabic

المَعْصَرَة

al-maʿṣara

“the place where things are pressed, the press”«el lugar donde se exprime, la prensa»

Arabic today says

مَعْصَرَة

maʿṣara

And it still does

Root

ع ص ر

ʿ-ṣ-r

The article

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

The story

From ʿaṣara, "to press"; it is the noun of place in ma-, "where pressing happens". The ʿ was lost and the ṣ gave z.De ʿaṣara, «exprimir»; es el sustantivo de lugar en ma-, «donde se exprime». La ʿ se perdió y la ṣ dio z.

In a sentence

En noviembre llevamos las aceitunas a la almazara.

In November we take the olives to the oil mill.

فِي نُوفَمْبِرَ نَأْخُذُ الزَّيْتُونَ إِلَى المَعْصَرَة.

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