almohada

Chavacano

Etymology

Inherited from Spanish almohada (“pillow”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌalmoˈhada/ [ˌal.mo.ˈha.da]
• (Chavacano Zamboangueño) IPA^(key): /ˌalmuˈhada/ [ˌal.mu.ˈha.da]
• (Chavacano Zamboangueño) IPA^(key): /ˈalmuwada/ [ˈal.mu.wa.da]
• Rhymes: -a, -da, -ada
• Hyphenation: al‧mo‧ha‧da

Noun

almohada

1. pillow

Hiligaynon

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish almohada.

Noun

almoháda

1. cushion, pillow

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Arabic المِخَدَّة (al-miḵadda)

Andalusian Arabic المُخَدَّة (al-muḵadda)bor.

Spanish almohada

Borrowed from Andalusian Arabic مُخَدَّة (muḵadda), from Arabic مِخَدَّة (miḵadda, “pillow”). Cognate with Asturian almuhada (“pillow”), Aragonese almada (“pillow”), Galician and Portuguese almofada (“pillow, cushion”), Leonese almugada, olmada (“pillow”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /almoˈada/ [al.moˈa.ð̞a], (colloquial) /alˈmwada/ [alˈmwa.ð̞a]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -ada
• Syllabification: al‧mo‧ha‧da

• IPA^(key): /almoˈada/ [al.moˈa.ð̞a]

• Audio (Andalusia):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ada
• Syllabification: al‧mo‧ha‧da
• (Andalusia) IPA^(key): [aɾmo̞ˈhaː]

Noun

almohada f (plural almohadas)

1. pillow (soft cushion used to support the head)

Derived terms

• almohadado
• almohadazo
• almohadilla
• almohadita
• almohadón
• consultar con la almohada
• muerdealmohadas

Descendants

• Chavacano: almohada
• → Hiligaynon: almohada
• → Paraguayan Guarani: aramboha
• → Tagalog: almowada, muhala

Further reading

• “almohada”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Tagalog

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔalmoˈhada/ [ʔɐl.moˈhaː.d̪ɐ]
• Rhymes: -ada
• Syllabification: al‧mo‧ha‧da

Noun

almohada (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎ᜔ᜋᜓᜑᜇ)

1. alternative form of almowada