zoco
souk, an Arab marketmercado árabe
Comes from Arabic
سُوق
sūq
“market”«mercado»
Arabic today says
سُوق
sūq
And it still does
Root
س و ق
s-w-q
The article
It came in without the article.
The story
The Arabic s became z, as in so many words. Zocodover in Toledo was the sūq ad-dawābb, the livestock market.La s árabe pasó a z, como en tantas palabras. El Zocodover de Toledo era el sūq ad-dawābb, el mercado de las bestias.
In a sentence
Compramos especias en el zoco de Marrakech.
We bought spices in the souk in Marrakesh.
اِشْتَرَيْنَا التَّوَابِلَ مِنْ سُوقِ مَرَّاكُش.
More words from the root س و ق
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aduana
customs — the public office that checks goods entering and leaving a country and collects duties on them · oficina pública que controla las mercancías que entran y salen de un país y cobra sus impuestos
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almacén
warehouse, storeroom; a large shop · local donde se guardan mercancías; tienda grande
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alquiler
rent; renting, hire · precio que se paga por usar algo ajeno; arrendamiento
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arroba
an old unit of weight of about 11.5 kg (a quarter of a quintal); today, the @ sign · unidad de peso de unos 11,5 kg (la cuarta parte del quintal); hoy, el signo @
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albarán
delivery note — a document confirming that goods were delivered · documento que acredita la entrega de una mercancía
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alcancía
piggy bank, money box · hucha, recipiente para guardar monedas
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