portazgo

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited 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.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Spain) /poɾˈtaθɡo/ [poɾˈt̪aθ̬.ɣ̞o]
IPA^(key): (Latin America) /poɾˈtasɡo/ [poɾˈt̪az.ɣ̞o]
(Spain) Rhymes: -aθɡo
(Latin America) Rhymes: -asɡo
Syllabification: por‧taz‧go

Noun

portazgo m (plural portazgos)

a toll paid historically in Spain by travelers for passage on roads

Related terms

puerta

See also

peaje

Further reading

“portazgo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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