almadén

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic اَلْمَعْدِن (al-maʕdin, the mine).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /almaˈden/
  • Rhymes: -en
  • Syllabification: al‧ma‧dén

Noun

almadén m (plural almadenes)

  1. (obsolete) mine, miner
    Synonyms: mina, minero
    • c. 1453-1454, Pedro Tafur, Andanças e viajes de Pedro Tafur por diversas partes del mundo avidos, published 1874, page 20:
      Allí fallé aquel dia con él á Carlo Morosin, un mercader que estava en Sevilla é tuvo grant tiempo los almadenes arrendados, []
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