Polyglot Dictionary

almoxarifado

/awmoʃaɾiˈfadu/

o noun C1

o (masc.) a (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Academic Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
os almoxarifados

Meaning

  1. storeroom

    • Estou no almoxarifado.

      I'm in the storeroom.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

paiol

paiol is more specifically for ammunition or gunpowder storage, a powder magazine, or rural storage; almoxarifado is more general or institutional, like an office supply storeroom.

Similar in other languages

German

Abstellraum

Abstellraum is the German word for the same thing — both mean "storeroom."

Practice

1 What does almoxarifado mean?

2 Fill the gap: Estou no ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches almoxarifado?

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