almacén

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

• IPA^(key): /almaˈθen/ [al.maˈθẽn] (Spain)
• IPA^(key): /almaˈsen/ [al.maˈsẽn] (Latin America, Philippines)

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• Rhymes: -en
• Syllabification: al‧ma‧cén

almacén m (plural almacenes)

1. warehouse

   Synonyms: cobertizo, depósito, magacén, nave

2. shop, store; grocer's

   Synonyms: bodega, comercio, local, negocio, tienda

3. storeroom

   Synonym: bodega

4. (Argentina, Colombia, Costa Rica, Uruguay) A store selling domestic goods, either retail or wholesale.
5. (Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Nicaragua) A store selling household electronics.
6. (obsolete, Ecuador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Venezuela) A store selling textiles and possibly clothing.

• → Guaraní: almasẽ

• “almacén”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024
• “almacén”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010
• “almacén”, in Tesoro de los diccionarios históricos de la lengua española [Thesaurus of the Historical Dictionaries of the Spanish Language], Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], launched 2021
• “almacén”, in Diccionario del español de México, Segunda edición, Academia Mexicana de la Lengua, 2019
• Manuel Seco, Olimpia Andrés, Gabino Ramos (3 August 2023) “almacén”, in Diccionario del español actual [Dictionary of Current Spanish] (in Spanish), third digital edition, Fundación BBVA [BBVA Foundation]