degollamiento

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Spanish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From degollar +‎ -miento.

Pronunciation[edit]

 
  • IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /deɡoʝaˈmjento/ [d̪e.ɣ̞o.ʝaˈmjẽn̪.t̪o]
  • IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /deɡoʎaˈmjento/ [d̪e.ɣ̞o.ʎaˈmjẽn̪.t̪o]
  • IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /deɡoʃaˈmjento/ [d̪e.ɣ̞o.ʃaˈmjẽn̪.t̪o]
  • IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /deɡoʒaˈmjento/ [d̪e.ɣ̞o.ʒaˈmjẽn̪.t̪o]

  • Rhymes: -ento
  • Syllabification: de‧go‧lla‧mien‧to

Noun[edit]

degollamiento m (plural degollamientos)

  1. cutting of the throat
    Synonym: degollación
    • 2015 July 31, “Detenido un hombre por degollar a su expareja en Palma”, in El País[1]:
      Aparentemente la muerte ocurrió por degollamiento con un cuchillo de 20 centímetros, según fuentes policiales.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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