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Meaning of botín | Babel Free

Noun masculine CEFR B1
[boˈtiŋ]

Definitions

  1. booty, loot
    masculine
  2. Equivalent to 'Booty': A form of prize which, when a ship was captured at sea, could be distributed at once.

Equivalents

English Booty Pillage

Examples

“[…] por canto o reino de Galicia contribuíra con 40.000 ducados para o equipo d'armada, e por canto o botín que se collera nos barcos franceses acababa de ser arrebatado dos portos gallegos, procedía que se lles restituíse.”

[…] since the Kingdom of Galicia contributed with 40,000 ducats for provisions of the army, and since the booty taken from the French ships had just been snatched from the Galician harbours, it was proceeding to restitute it

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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