enrojecimiento

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₁én

Proto-Italic *en

Proto-Italic *en-

Latin in-

Old Spanish en-

Spanish en-

Spanish rojo

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti

Proto-Indo-European *-sḱéti

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁sḱeti

Proto-Italic *-ēskō

Latin -ēscō

Old Spanish -ecer

Spanish -ecer

Spanish enrojecer

Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥

Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom

Proto-Italic *-mentom

Late Latin -mentum

Old Spanish -miento

Spanish -miento

Spanish enrojecimiento

From enrojecer + -miento.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /enroxeθiˈmjento/ [ẽn.ro.xe.θiˈmjẽn̪.t̪o] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /enroxesiˈmjento/ [ẽn.ro.xe.siˈmjẽn̪.t̪o] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -ento
• Syllabification: en‧ro‧je‧ci‧mien‧to

Noun

enrojecimiento m (plural enrojecimientos)

1. redness; blotchiness

Further reading

• “enrojecimiento”, 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