noun, feminine/alˈmendɾa/plural: almendras
almond (type of tree nut); kernel (central (usually edible) part of a nut); a human head, especially a big one; a melon
“Ahora que lo pienso, es verdad que tiene buena almendra.” — Now that I think about it, he does have a huge melon.
Inherited from Old Spanish almendra (compare Ladino almendra), from Vulgar Latin *amendla, *amandula, from Latin amygdala, from Ancient Greek ἀμυγδάλη (amugdálē), of Pre-Greek origin. Doublet of amígdala and mandorla.