acortamiento

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Spanish a-

Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-

Proto-Indo-European *(s)kr̥tósder.

Proto-Italic *kortos

Latin curtus

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.

Proto-Italic *-ājō

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin -ō

Latin curtāre

Spanish cortar

Spanish acortar

Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥

Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom

Proto-Italic *-mentom

Late Latin -mentum

Old Spanish -miento

Spanish -miento

Spanish acortamiento

From acortar + -miento.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /akoɾtaˈmjento/ [a.koɾ.t̪aˈmjẽn̪.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -ento
• Syllabification: a‧cor‧ta‧mien‧to

Noun

acortamiento m (plural acortamientos)

1. (linguistics) clipping, shortening
2. (astronomy) curtation

See also

• abreviación

Further reading

• “acortamiento”, 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