almojarifazgo
Spanish, noun[almoxaɾiˈfasɣ̞o]
almojarifazgo is spelled A-L-M-O-J-A-R-I-F-A-Z-G-O (13 letters) and appears about once in every 50 million words in written Spanish, the 249,533rd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Almojarifazgo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “a colonial customs tariff in the Spanish and Portuguese Empires” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Impuesto aduanero que se pagaba por los géneros o mercaderías que salían del reino, por los que se…”.
What does almojarifazgo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinea colonial customs tariff in the Spanish and Portuguese Empires
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Impuesto aduanero que se pagaba por los géneros o mercaderías que salían del reino, por los que se introducían en él, o por aquellos con que se comerciaba de un puerto a otro dentro de España. 2. Cargo, oficio y jurisdicción del almojarife (tesorero).
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of almojarifazgo
- almojarifazgos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce almojarifazgo?
- [almoxaɾiˈfasɣ̞o]
- [almoxaɾiˈfaθ̬ɣ̞o]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is almojarifazgo in Spanish?
almojarifazgo appears about once in every 50 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).