-miento
See also: miento
Spanish
Etymology
Inherited from Old Spanish, from Late Latin -mentum, from Latin -menta. Doublet of -mento.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmjento/ [ˈmjẽn̪.t̪o]
- Rhymes: -ento
- Syllabification: -mien‧to
Suffix
-miento m (noun-forming suffix, plural -mientos)
- -ment; forms nouns from verbs with the sense of the action or process
- sentir (“to feel”) + -miento → sentimiento (“feeling”)
Derived terms
Spanish terms suffixed with -miento
See also
Further reading
- “-miento”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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