Masculine

almacén

Meaning

  1. (masculine) warehouse
  2. (masculine) shop, store; grocer's
  3. (masculine) storeroom
  4. (Argentina, Colombia, Costa-Rica, Uruguay, masculine) A store selling domestic goods, either retail or wholesale.
  5. (Colombia, Costa-Rica, Ecuador, Nicaragua, masculine) A store selling household electronics.
  6. (Ecuador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Venezuela, masculine, obsolete) A store selling textiles and possibly clothing.

Frequency

B2
Hyphenated as
al‧ma‧cén
Pronounced as (IPA)
/almaˈθen/
Etymology

In summary

Borrowed from Andalusian Arabic المَخْزَن (al-maḵzán, “the warehouse”), from Arabic مَخْزَن (maḵzan). Cognate with Portuguese armazém. Doublet of magacín.

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