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)

1. tag
2. 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 [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28