marbete
Spanish
Etymology
Inherited from Old Spanish [Term?], from Andalusian Arabic مرباط (marbáṭ, “bag on the belt”), from Arabic مِرْبَط (mirbaṭ, “rope, hawser”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /maɾˈbete/ [maɾˈβ̞e.t̪e]
- Rhymes: -ete
- Syllabification: mar‧be‧te
Noun
marbete m (plural marbetes)
- tag
- label
- 1918, Carlos Gagini, “A París”, in Cuentos grises:
- turistas recién llegados, en cuyas valijas habían pegado sus marbetes azules, blancos o rosados todas las compañías de vapores o de ferrocarriles
- newly-arrived tourists, who had their suitcases stuck with blue, white and pink labels of all the steamboat and railway companies
Further reading
- “marbete”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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