defenestración

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin dēfenestrātiōnem, Latin dē (“from; out”) + fenestra (“window”) + -ātiō (suffix indicating an action or process).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Spain) /defenestɾaˈθjon/ [d̪e.fe.nes.t̪ɾaˈθjõn]
IPA^(key): (Latin America) /defenestɾaˈsjon/ [d̪e.fe.nes.t̪ɾaˈsjõn]
Rhymes: -on
Syllabification: de‧fe‧nes‧tra‧ción

Noun

defenestración f (plural defenestraciones)

defenestration

Derived terms

Defenestraciones de Praga (“Defenestrations of Prague”)

Related terms

defenestrar

Further reading

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

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