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Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from English magazine. Ultimately from Arabic مَخَازِن pl (maḵāzin), plural of مَخْزَن (maḵzan, “storeroom, storehouse”), noun of place from خَزَنَ (ḵazana, “to store, to stock, to lay up”). Doublet of almacén.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /maɡaˈθin/
- IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /maɡaˈsin/
- Rhymes: -in
- Syllabification: ma‧ga‧cín
Noun
magacín m (plural magacines)
- magazine
2015 October 6, “Papel”, in El País:Diarios, revistas, cómics, magacines, todo tipo de papeles están remontando la venta.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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