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.
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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