alcabala
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Catalan[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Andalusian Arabic القبالة (al-qabála), from Arabic قَبَالَة (qabāla).
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): (Central) [əl.kəˈβa.lə]
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [əl.kəˈba.lə]
- IPA(key): (Valencian) [al.kaˈba.la]
Noun[edit]
alcabala f (plural alcabales)
Further reading[edit]
- “alcabala” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Andalusian Arabic القبالة (al-qabála), from Arabic قبالة (qabāla).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
alcabala f (plural alcabalas)
- (historical) alcavala
- (Venezuela, Colombia) checkpoint (police post at an exit from a city or a highway)
- 2016 July 5, “Asesinaron a dos funcionarios del Ejército en una alcabala móvil”, in El Nacional[1]:
- Los militares custodiaban en una alcabala móvil instalada en el sector cuando fueron atacados por un grupo de hombres armados.
- The soldiers were guarding a mobile checkpoint installed in the zone when they were attacked by a group of armed men.
Descendants[edit]
- → English: alcavala
Further reading[edit]
- “alcabala”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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- Rhymes:Spanish/ala
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- es:Taxation