pronunciamiento

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish pronunciamiento.

Noun

pronunciamiento (plural pronunciamientos or pronunciamientoes)

1. A military uprising or coup in Spain or the Spanish American republics, particularly in the 19th century, usually accompanied by a statement declaring the existing government null and void.

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Spanish

Etymology

pronunciar +‎ -miento

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /pɾonunθjaˈmjento/ [pɾo.nũn̟.θjaˈmjẽn̪.t̪o]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /pɾonunsjaˈmjento/ [pɾo.nũn.sjaˈmjẽn̪.t̪o]

Noun

pronunciamiento m (plural pronunciamientos)

1. pronouncement, declaration
2. (by extension) A military uprising or coup in Spain or the Spanish American republics, particularly in the 19th century, usually accompanied by a statement declaring the existing government null and void.

Descendants

• English: pronunciamiento

Further reading

• “pronunciamiento”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014