almotacén
Spanish, noun/almotaˈθen/
almotacén is spelled A-L-M-O-T-A-C-É-N (9 letters) and appears about once in every 74 million words in written Spanish, the 298,369th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Almotacén is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “An official in charge of surveiling a market” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Persona que comprobaba la exactitud de pesas y medidas”.
What does almotacén mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineAn official in charge of surveiling a market.
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Persona que comprobaba la exactitud de pesas y medidas. 2. Oficina responsable de comprobar la exactitud de pesas y medidas. 3. Criado principal responsable de la administración de la hacienda del rey.
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 almotacén
- almotacenes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce almotacén?
- /almotaˈθen/
- [al.mo.t̪aˈθẽn]
- /almotaˈsen/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is almotacén in Spanish?
almotacén appears about once in every 74 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).