Masculine
almacén
Meaning
- (masculine) warehouse
- (masculine) shop, store; grocer's
- (masculine) storeroom
- (Argentina, Colombia, Costa-Rica, Uruguay, masculine) A store selling domestic goods, either retail or wholesale.
- (Colombia, Costa-Rica, Ecuador, Nicaragua, masculine) A store selling household electronics.
- (Ecuador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Venezuela, masculine, obsolete) A store selling textiles and possibly clothing.
Concepts
storage room
memory board
computer storage
storage warehouse
corn chandler's shop
Synonyms
troje
edificio depósito
hospederia
mesón del camino
venta del camino
almacenamiento computacional
memoria computacional
tienda comercial
depócito
Translations
Frequency
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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