portazgo
Spanish, noun/poɾˈtaθɡo/
portazgo is spelled P-O-R-T-A-Z-G-O (8 letters) and appears about once in every 11 million words in written Spanish, the 122,511th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Portazgo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “a toll paid historically in Spain by travelers for passage on roads” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Derechos que se pagan por pasar por un sitio determinado de un camino”.
What does portazgo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinea toll paid historically in Spain by travelers for passage on roads
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Derechos que se pagan por pasar por un sitio determinado de un camino. 2. Antiguo impuesto, existente en los reinos de Castilla, Aragón y Navarra, sobre los derechos de tránsito, que satisfacían los que iban de camino, pisaban terreno del rey o del señor, o entraban en la ciudad. 3. Lugar o edificio donde se cobraba este impuesto.
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 portazgo
- portazgos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce portazgo?
- /poɾˈtaθɡo/
- [poɾˈt̪aθ̬.ɣ̞o]
- /poɾˈtasɡo/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to portazgo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is portazgo in Spanish?
portazgo appears about once in every 11 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).