diff --git a/packages/volto/news/6236.bugfix b/packages/volto/news/6236.bugfix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..71ad676eed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/volto/news/6236.bugfix
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+When there is a contextualized vocabulary url in the schema, Volto must call it with the full path and not return it to the site root. @mamico
diff --git a/packages/volto/src/actions/vocabularies/vocabularies.js b/packages/volto/src/actions/vocabularies/vocabularies.js
index 811aee2d35..b1107a6b63 100644
--- a/packages/volto/src/actions/vocabularies/vocabularies.js
+++ b/packages/volto/src/actions/vocabularies/vocabularies.js
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ import {
   GET_VOCABULARY,
   GET_VOCABULARY_TOKEN_TITLE,
 } from '@plone/volto/constants/ActionTypes';
+import config from '@plone/registry';
+import { flattenToAppURL } from '@plone/volto/helpers';
 import { getVocabName } from '@plone/volto/helpers/Vocabularies/Vocabularies';
 import qs from 'query-string';
 
@@ -28,6 +30,13 @@ export function getVocabulary({
   subrequest,
 }) {
   const vocabulary = getVocabName(vocabNameOrURL);
+  const contextualVocabularies = config.settings.contextualVocabularies;
+  const vocabPath =
+    contextualVocabularies &&
+    contextualVocabularies.includes(vocabulary) &&
+    vocabulary !== vocabNameOrURL
+      ? flattenToAppURL(vocabNameOrURL)
+      : `/@vocabularies/${vocabulary}`;
 
   let queryString = `b_start=${start}${size ? '&b_size=' + size : ''}`;
 
@@ -40,7 +49,7 @@ export function getVocabulary({
     start,
     request: {
       op: 'get',
-      path: `/@vocabularies/${vocabulary}?${queryString}`,
+      path: `${vocabPath}?${queryString}`,
     },
     subrequest,
   };
@@ -62,6 +71,13 @@ export function getVocabularyTokenTitle({
 }) {
   // In case we have a URL, we have to get the vocabulary name
   const vocabulary = getVocabName(vocabNameOrURL);
+  const contextualVocabularies = config.settings.contextualVocabularies;
+  const vocabPath =
+    contextualVocabularies &&
+    contextualVocabularies.includes(vocabulary) &&
+    vocabulary !== vocabNameOrURL
+      ? flattenToAppURL(vocabNameOrURL)
+      : `/@vocabularies/${vocabulary}`;
   const queryString = {
     ...(token && { token }),
     ...(tokens && { tokens }),
@@ -75,12 +91,9 @@ export function getVocabularyTokenTitle({
     subrequest,
     request: {
       op: 'get',
-      path: `/@vocabularies/${vocabulary}?b_size=-1&${qs.stringify(
-        queryString,
-        {
-          encode: false,
-        },
-      )}`,
+      path: `${vocabPath}?b_size=-1&${qs.stringify(queryString, {
+        encode: false,
+      })}`,
     },
   };
 }
diff --git a/packages/volto/src/actions/vocabularies/vocabularies.test.js b/packages/volto/src/actions/vocabularies/vocabularies.test.js
index b7deafc70e..2ea7b507c2 100644
--- a/packages/volto/src/actions/vocabularies/vocabularies.test.js
+++ b/packages/volto/src/actions/vocabularies/vocabularies.test.js
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import config from '../../registry';
 import { getVocabulary } from './vocabularies';
 import { GET_VOCABULARY } from '@plone/volto/constants/ActionTypes';
 
@@ -53,5 +54,36 @@ describe('Vocabularies actions', () => {
         `/@vocabularies/plone.app.vocabularies.Keywords?b_start=0&b_size=-1`,
       );
     });
+    it('should create an action to get a contextual vocabulary if a URL with path is passed', () => {
+      const vocabNameOrURL =
+        'http://localhost:8080/de/foo/bar/@vocabularies/plone.app.vocabularies.Keywords';
+      const query = 'john';
+      config.settings.contextualVocabularies = [
+        'plone.app.vocabularies.Keywords',
+      ];
+      const action = getVocabulary({ vocabNameOrURL, query });
+
+      expect(action.type).toEqual(GET_VOCABULARY);
+      expect(action.vocabulary).toEqual(vocabNameOrURL);
+      expect(action.request.op).toEqual('get');
+      expect(action.request.path).toEqual(
+        `http://localhost:8080/de/foo/bar/@vocabularies/plone.app.vocabularies.Keywords?b_start=0&title=${query}`,
+      );
+    });
+    it('could not create an action to get a contextual vocabulary if a vocab name is passed', () => {
+      const vocabNameOrURL = 'plone.app.vocabularies.Keywords';
+      const query = 'john';
+      config.settings.contextualVocabularies = [
+        'plone.app.vocabularies.Keywords',
+      ];
+      const action = getVocabulary({ vocabNameOrURL, query });
+
+      expect(action.type).toEqual(GET_VOCABULARY);
+      expect(action.vocabulary).toEqual(vocabNameOrURL);
+      expect(action.request.op).toEqual('get');
+      expect(action.request.path).toEqual(
+        `/@vocabularies/plone.app.vocabularies.Keywords?b_start=0&title=${query}`,
+      );
+    });
   });
 });
diff --git a/packages/volto/src/config/index.js b/packages/volto/src/config/index.js
index 803048b14d..092b4068bf 100644
--- a/packages/volto/src/config/index.js
+++ b/packages/volto/src/config/index.js
@@ -155,6 +155,7 @@ let config = {
     showTags: true,
     controlpanels: [],
     controlPanelsIcons,
+    contextualVocabularies: [],
     filterControlPanels,
     filterControlPanelsSchema,
     unwantedControlPanelsFields,