linchamiento

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

English lynchbor.

Spanish linchar

Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥

Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom

Proto-Italic *-mentom

Late Latin -mentum

Old Spanish -miento

Spanish -miento

Spanish linchamiento

From linchar + -miento.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lint͡ʃaˈmjento/ [lĩnʲ.t͡ʃaˈmjẽn̪.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -ento
• Syllabification: lin‧cha‧mien‧to

Noun

linchamiento m (plural linchamientos)

1. lynching

   Synonym: cargamontón (Peru)

Further reading

• “linchamiento”, 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