alcabala

== Catalan == === Etymology === Borrowed from Andalusian Arabic القبالة (al-qabála), from Arabic قَبَالَة (qabāla). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Central) [əl.kəˈβa.lə] IPA(key): (Balearic) [əl.kəˈba.lə] IPA(key): (Valencia) [al.kaˈba.la] Hyphenation: al‧ca‧ba‧la === Noun === alcabala f (plural alcabales) (historical) alcavala === Further reading === “alcabala”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007 == Spanish == === Etymology === Borrowed from Andalusian Arabic القبالة (al-qabála), from Arabic قبالة (qabāla). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /alkaˈbala/ [al.kaˈβ̞a.la] Rhymes: -ala Syllabification: al‧ca‧ba‧la === Noun === alcabala f (plural alcabalas) (historical) alcavala (Venezuela, Colombia) checkpoint (police post at an exit from a city or a highway) Synonyms: chequeo, retén ==== Descendants ==== → English: alcavala → Tagalog: alkabala === Further reading === “alcabala”, 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