alguacil
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Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Andalusian Arabic الوَزِير (al-wazīr), from Arabic وَزِير (wazīr, “minister”). Compare visir and Italian aguzzino.
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): (Spain) /alɡwaˈθil/ [al.ɣ̞waˈθil]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /alɡwaˈsil/ [al.ɣ̞waˈsil]
- Rhymes: -il
- Syllabification: al‧gua‧cil
Noun[edit]
alguacil m (plural alguaciles)
Alternative forms[edit]
- alguazil (bailiff, obsolete)
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “alguacil”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Categories:
- Spanish terms borrowed from Andalusian Arabic
- Spanish terms derived from Andalusian Arabic
- Spanish terms derived from Arabic
- Spanish 3-syllable words
- Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Spanish/il
- Rhymes:Spanish/il/3 syllables
- Spanish lemmas
- Spanish nouns
- Spanish countable nouns
- Spanish masculine nouns
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