allanamiento

Spanish

Etymology

From allanar +‎ -miento.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /aʝanaˈmjento/ [a.ʝa.naˈmjẽn̪.t̪o]
IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /aʎanaˈmjento/ [a.ʎa.naˈmjẽn̪.t̪o]
IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /aʃanaˈmjento/ [a.ʃa.naˈmjẽn̪.t̪o]
IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /aʒanaˈmjento/ [a.ʒa.naˈmjẽn̪.t̪o]

Rhymes: -ento
Syllabification: a‧lla‧na‧mien‧to

Noun

allanamiento m (plural allanamientos)

smoothing, flattening
(law) a search conducted pursuant to a warrant
burglary
(Latin America) a police raid
(Mexico, Spain) break-in
Acusado de allanamiento de morada
Charged with breaking and entering

Further reading

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

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