anchoa

Spanish

Alternative forms

• anchova

Etymology

Borrowed from Ligurian anciôa, from Vulgar Latin *apiuva, from Latin aphyē (“small fry”), from Ancient Greek ἀφύη (aphúē). Doublet of anjova.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /anˈt͡ʃoa/ [ãnʲˈt͡ʃo.a]

• Audio (Spain):

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• Rhymes: -oa
• Syllabification: an‧cho‧a

Noun

anchoa f (plural anchoas)

1. anchovy (small saltwater fish)

   Synonyms: bocarte m, boquerón m

Derived terms

• anchoveta

 

Descendants

• → Asturian: anchoa
• → Basque: antxoa
• → Catalan: anxova
  • → Spanish: anjova
• → Galician: anchoa
• → Dutch: ansjovis
  • Afrikaans: ansjovis
  • → Danish: ansjos
  • → Estonian: anšoovis
  • → Faroese: ansjós
  • → German: Anchovis, Anschovis
    • → Hebrew: אַנְשׁוֹבִי (anshóvi)
  • → Icelandic: ansjósa
  • → Latvian: anšovs
  • → Lithuanian: ančiuvis
  • → Norwegian: ansjos
  • → Papiamentu: anchóvis, ansjovis
  • → Russian: анчо́ус (ančóus)
    • → Armenian: անչոուս (ančʻous)
    • → Azerbaijani: ançous
    • → Karelian: ančoussu
  • → Swedish: ansjovis
  • → West Frisian: ansjofisk
• → English: anchovy
  • → Esperanto: anĉovo
  • → Irish: ainseabhaí
  • → Japanese: アンチョビ (anchobi), アンチョビー (anchobī)
  • → Korean: 안초비 (anchobi)
  • → Manx: ançhovee
  • → Persian: آنچوی (ânčovi)
• → Portuguese: anchova, enchova
• → Sicilian: anciova, ancioa
  • → Arabic: أَنْشُوفة (ʔanšūfa)

Further reading

• “anchoa”, 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