zabazoque

Spanish

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /θabaˈθoke/ [θa.β̞aˈθo.ke]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /sabaˈsoke/ [sa.β̞aˈso.ke]
• Rhymes: -oke
• Syllabification: za‧ba‧zo‧que

Noun

zabazoque m (plural zabazoques)

1. A market inspector, especially one who checked for honest weights and measures.

See also

• almotacén

Further reading

• “zabazoque”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10