albarán
delivery note — a document confirming that goods were delivereddocumento que acredita la entrega de una mercancía
Comes from Arabic
البَرَاءَة
al-barāʾa
“document of release, discharge”«documento liberatorio, finiquito»
Arabic today says
إِيصَال تَسْلِيم
īṣāl taslīm
Root
ب ر ء
b-r-ʾ
The article
Spanish kept the Arabic article al- glued to the word.
The story
A barāʾa released someone from a debt or obligation; it shares a root with barīʾ, "innocent", that is, free of guilt.Una barāʾa liberaba de una deuda u obligación; es la raíz de barīʾ, «inocente», es decir, libre de culpa.
In a sentence
Firme el albarán, por favor.
Please sign the delivery note.
وَقِّعْ عَلَى إِيصَالِ التَّسْلِيمِ مِنْ فَضْلِك.
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