almotacén
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Arabic اَلْمُحْتَسِب (al-muḥtasib).
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): (Spain) /almotaˈθen/ [al.mo.t̪aˈθẽn]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /almotaˈsen/ [al.mo.t̪aˈsẽn]
- Rhymes: -en
- Syllabification: al‧mo‧ta‧cén
Noun edit
almotacén m (plural almotacenes)
- (historical) a type of official or inspector at a market
- Synonym: zabazoque
Further reading edit
- “almotacén”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014