basamento

Borrowed from English basement, Italian basamento, Spanish basamento.

• IPA^(key): /ba.sa.ˈmen.to/, /ba.sa.ˈmɛn.tɔ/

basamento (plural basamenti)

1. basement, base (of a structure)

basamento m (plural basamenti)

1. base (of a structure)
2. bed, base plate
3. (geology) basement (mass of rock underlying sedimentary cover)

From basar +‎ -mento.

• IPA^(key): /basaˈmento/, [basaˈmẽn̪t̪o]

basamento m (plural basamentos)

1. the base of a column or another structure, plinth
   • 2008, Antonio de la Iglesia, Estudios arqueológicos, CSIC-Dpto. de Publicaciones, page 82:

     Los seres del basamento del pilar de la izquierda son animales alados y barbudos, con orejas de cerdo, rostros de buitre y garras de león.

     The beings of the base of the left pillar are winged and bearded animals, with pig ears, vulture faces and lion claws.

• Basamento is a false friend, and does not mean “basement”. The word for “basement” in Spanish is sótano.

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