aborrecimiento

Old Spanish

Alternative forms

• aborecimiento (alternative spelling)

Etymology

From aborrecer (“to loathe, abhor”) +‎ -miento.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aβoret͡siˈmjento/

Noun

aborrecimiento m (plural aborrecimientos)

1. abhorrence, abomination
   • c. 1200, Almeric, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 69v:

     enforteçra firmanento a los mayores una ſetmana e en media la ſetmana faldra la oſtia. ẏ el ſacrificio e el tiempo ſera aborecimiento e de ſoldadura troal cabo e fin ſera dada ſobrel deſolant

     And he will strengthen a covenant with many for one week, and in the middle of the week he will take away the offering. And the sacrifice in the temple will be abomination and desolation, until the consummation and end will be unleashed upon the desolator.

Related terms

• aborrecion

Descendants

• Spanish: aborrecimiento

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish aborrecimiento. Analyzable as aborrecer (“to loathe, abhor”) +‎ miento.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aboreθiˈmjento/ [a.β̞o.re.θiˈmjẽn̪.t̪o] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /aboresiˈmjento/ [a.β̞o.re.siˈmjẽn̪.t̪o] (Latin America, Philippines)

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• Rhymes: -ento
• Syllabification: a‧bo‧rre‧ci‧mien‧to

Noun

aborrecimiento m (plural aborrecimientos)

1. loathing, abhorrence

Further reading

• “aborrecimiento”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025