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almacén

warehouse

noun ahl-mah-SEN Less Common
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Origin: From Arabic al-majzen (storehouse, treasury).

Also means

department store

Usage Note

Almacén has two common meanings: a large storage warehouse, and (especially in Latin America) a general store or small supermarket. In Spain, grandes almacenes means 'department stores'. The plural almacenes is regular, but note the accent drops (almacén → almacenes) as stress naturally falls on the penultimate syllable.

Examples

"Guardaron la mercancía en el almacén."

Natural Translation

They stored the merchandise in the warehouse.

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