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alcabala

[alkaˈβ̞ala]

Rhymes with a.la

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Del árabe hispánico alqabála.

noun alcabalas

Impuesto a la venta o a la permuta.
Caseta de policía que se instala a la entrada o salida de las ciudades vía carretera.

In English

checkpoint point along a road or on a frontier

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@misc{alcabala_2026,
  title = {alcabala},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/es/alcabala},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}