shopping mall

English

Pronunciation

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Noun

shopping mall (plural shopping malls)

  1. (US) A collection of retail stores, usually one with an indoor common area joining the stores, that is usually anchored by department stores.

Coordinate terms

Translations

Spanish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English shopping mall.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃoˌpinɡ ˈmal/ [ʃoˌpĩŋɡ ˈmal]

Noun

shopping mall m (plural shopping malls)

  1. (Latin America) A collection of retail stores, usually one with an indoor common area joining the stores, that is usually anchored by department stores.
    Synonym: centro comercial

Usage notes

According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.

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