autoservicio

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Spanish

Etymology

Calque of English self-service. By surface analysis, auto- +‎ servicio.

Noun

autoservicio m (plural autoservicios)

  1. self-service
    • 2015 August 2, “La superferretería del Caribe”, in El País:
      En los años 60 crearon la primera, y todavía emblemática, cadena de tiendas por departamentos, Beco, y en 1992 la primera ferretería de autoservicio en grandes superficies, EPA.
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