ahorcamiento

Spanish

Etymology

From ahorcar (“to hang”) +‎ -miento.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /aorkaˈmjento/, [aorkaˈmjẽn̪t̪o]

Noun

ahorcamiento m (plural ahorcamientos)

hanging (as capital punishment)

Further reading

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

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