almacén

== Spanish == === Etymology === Borrowed from Andalusian Arabic المَخْزَن (al-maḵzán, “the warehouse”), from Arabic مَخْزَن (maḵzan). Cognate with Portuguese armazém. Doublet of magacín. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /almaˈθen/ [al.maˈθẽn] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain) IPA(key): /almaˈsen/ [al.maˈsẽn] (Latin America, Philippines) Rhymes: -en Syllabification: al‧ma‧cén === Noun === almacén m (plural almacenes) warehouse Synonyms: cobertizo, depósito, magacén, nave shop, store; grocer's Synonyms: bodega, comercio, local, negocio, tienda storeroom Synonym: bodega (Rioplatense, Colombia, Costa Rica) A store selling domestic goods, either retail or wholesale. (Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Nicaragua) A store selling household electronics. (obsolete, Ecuador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Venezuela) A store selling textiles and possibly clothing. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Paraguayan Guarani: almasẽ === Further reading === “almacén”, 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 “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 Seco, Manuel; Andrés, Olimpia; Ramos, Gabino (2023), “almacén”, in Diccionario del español actual (in Spanish), third digital edition, Fundación BBVA