magacín

See also: magacin

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English magazine. Ultimately from Arabic مَخَازِن pl (maḵāzin), plural of مَخْزَن (maḵzan, “storeroom, storehouse”), noun of place from خَزَنَ (ḵazana, “to store, to stock, to lay up”). Doublet of almacén.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /maɡaˈθin/ [ma.ɣ̞aˈθĩn]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /maɡaˈsin/ [ma.ɣ̞aˈsĩn]
• Rhymes: -in
• Syllabification: ma‧ga‧cín

Noun

magacín m (plural magacines)

1. magazine
   • 2015 October 6, “Papel”, in El País‎^[1]:

     Diarios, revistas, cómics, magacines, todo tipo de papeles están remontando la venta.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Further reading

• “magacín”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014