acontecimiento

Spanish

Etymology

From acontecer +‎ -miento.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /akonteθiˈmjento/ [a.kõn̪.t̪e.θiˈmjẽn̪.t̪o] (Spain)
• IPA^(key): /akontesiˈmjento/ [a.kõn̪.t̪e.siˈmjẽn̪.t̪o] (Latin America, Philippines)

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -ento
• Syllabification: a‧con‧te‧ci‧mien‧to

Noun

acontecimiento m (plural acontecimientos)

1. event, development, occurrence, happening

   Synonyms: evento, suceso

Further reading

• “acontecimiento”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10