apartamiento

Spanish

Etymology

From apartar +‎ -miento.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /apaɾtaˈmjento/ [a.paɾ.t̪aˈmjẽn̪.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -ento
• Syllabification: a‧par‧ta‧mien‧to

Noun

apartamiento m (plural apartamientos)

1. separation, seclusion
2. (rare, dialectal) flat, apartment

   Synonyms: (Colombia, Caribbean Islands, Central America, Uruguay, Venezuela) apartamento, (Spain) piso

Descendants

• → Italian: appartamento (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

• “apartamiento”, 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