alguacil

== English == === Noun === alguacil (plural alguacils or alguaciles) Alternative form of alguazil. == Spanish == === Etymology === Borrowed from Andalusian Arabic الوَزِير (al-wazīr), from Arabic وَزِير (wazīr, “minister”). Compare visir and Italian aguzzino. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /alɡwaˈθil/ [al.ɣ̞waˈθil] (Spain) IPA(key): /alɡwaˈsil/ [al.ɣ̞waˈsil] (Latin America, Philippines) Rhymes: -il Syllabification: al‧gua‧cil === Noun === alguacil m (plural alguaciles) bailiff Synonym: bailío sheriff Synonyms: sheriff, cherife (Rioplatense) alternative form of aguacil ==== Alternative forms ==== alguazil (bailiff, obsolete) ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Southeastern Tepehuan: orosiir → Tagalog: alguwasil === Further reading === “alguacil”, 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