alquiler
Spanish edit
Alternative forms edit
- alquilé (obsolete)
Etymology edit
From Andalusian Arabic الكِرَاء (al-kirá), from Arabic الكِرَاء (al-kirāʔ, “rent, rental, hire, lease”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
alquiler m (plural alquileres)
- (Argentina, El Salvador, Spain) rent (a payment made in exchange for something borrowed, and its amount)
Usage notes edit
- In Spain, alquiler is preferred; in Mexico, renta is.
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “alquiler”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014