portazgo
Spanish
    
    Etymology
    
From Old Spanish portadgo, from Late Latin portāticum, from Latin porta. By surface analysis, puerta + -azgo. Doublet of portaje, a borrowing from French. Cognate with Galician portádego.
Pronunciation
    
- IPA(key): (Spain) /poɾˈtaθɡo/ [poɾˈt̪aθ̬.ɣ̞o]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /poɾˈtasɡo/ [poɾˈt̪az.ɣ̞o]
- (Spain) Rhymes: -aθɡo
- (Latin America) Rhymes: -asɡo
- Syllabification: por‧taz‧go
Noun
    
portazgo m (plural portazgos)
- a toll paid historically in Spain by travelers for passage on roads
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Further reading
    
- “portazgo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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