allanamiento

Spanish

Etymology

From allanar +‎ -miento.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /aʝanaˈmjento/ [a.ʝa.naˈmjẽn̪.t̪o]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /aʝanaˈmjento/ [a.ʝa.naˈmjẽn̪.t̪o]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /aʎanaˈmjento/ [a.ʎa.naˈmjẽn̪.t̪o]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /aʃanaˈmjento/ [a.ʃa.naˈmjẽn̪.t̪o]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /aʒanaˈmjento/ [a.ʒa.naˈmjẽn̪.t̪o]

• Rhymes: -ento
• Syllabification: a‧lla‧na‧mien‧to

Noun

allanamiento m (plural allanamientos)

1. smoothing, flattening
2. (law) a search conducted pursuant to a warrant
3. burglary
4. (Latin America) a police raid
5. (Mexico, Spain) break-in

   Acusado de allanamiento de morada

   Charged with breaking and entering

Further reading

• “allanamiento”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014