Also means
tax
Usage Note
Tributo carries both a fiscal sense (a levy paid to the state) and a figurative one (homage paid to a person or achievement). The financial sense is more formal and often displaced by impuesto in everyday speech; the homage sense appears in phrases like rendir tributo ('to pay tribute').
Examples
"El rey exigió un tributo a los pueblos conquistados."
Natural Translation
The king demanded a tribute from the conquered peoples.
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