arancel

Galician

Alternative forms

• aranzel (reintegrationist)

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish arancel, from Andalusian Arabic الأَنْزِالْ (al-ʔanzél), from Arabic إِنْزَال (ʔinzāl), verbal noun of أَنْزَلَ (ʔanzala, “to get [something] down; to reveal”), having undergone imāla.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /aɾanˈθɛl/ [a.ɾan̪ˈθɛɫ]

• IPA^(key): (standard) /aɾanˈθɛl/ [a.ɾan̪ˈθɛɫ]
• IPA^(key): (seseo) /aɾanˈsɛl/ [a.ɾanˈsɛɫ]

• Rhymes: -ɛl
• Hyphenation: a‧ran‧cel

Noun

arancel m (plural aranceis)

1. tariff, custom

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Andalusian Arabic الأَنْزِالْ (al-ʔanzél), from Arabic إِنْزَال (ʔinzāl), verbal noun of أَنْزَلَ (ʔanzala, “to get [something] down; to reveal”), having undergone imāla.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aɾanˈθel/ [a.ɾãn̟ˈθel] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /aɾanˈsel/ [a.ɾãnˈsel] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -el
• Syllabification: a‧ran‧cel

Noun

arancel m (plural aranceles)

1. tariff
   • 2025 July 8, Elisabeth Buchwald, “Trump anuncia nuevo arancel del 50 % a las importaciones de cobre”, in CNN en Español‎^[1]:

     Este sería el cuarto arancel generalizado que Trump impone durante su segundo mandato. Actualmente, la mayoría de los autos y autopartes importados enfrentan un arancel del 25 %, mientras que el acero y el aluminio importados tienen aranceles del 50 %.

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2. (Argentina) fee, charge

Derived terms

• arancelario

Descendants

• → Catalan: aranzel
• → Galician: aranzel
• → Portuguese: aranzel

Further reading

• “arancel”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025