aferramiento

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Spanish aferrar

Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥

Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom

Proto-Italic *-mentom

Late Latin -mentum

Old Spanish -miento

Spanish -miento

Spanish aferramiento

From aferrar + -miento.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aferaˈmjento/ [a.fe.raˈmjẽn̪.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -ento
• Syllabification: a‧fe‧rra‧mien‧to

Noun

aferramiento m (plural aferramientos)

1. seizure (act of seizing)

   Synonym: asimiento

Further reading

• “aferramiento”, 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