alguacil
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Andalusian Arabic الوَزِير (al-wazīr), from Arabic وَزِير (wazīr, “minister”). Compare visir and Italian aguzzino.
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): (Spain) /alɡwaˈθil/ [al.ɣ̞waˈθil]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /alɡwaˈsil/ [al.ɣ̞waˈsil]
- Rhymes: -il
- Syllabification: al‧gua‧cil
Noun edit
alguacil m (plural alguaciles)
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Further reading edit
- “alguacil”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014