degollamiento

Spanish

Etymology

From degollar +‎ -miento.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /deɡoʝaˈmjento/ [d̪e.ɣ̞o.ʝaˈmjẽn̪.t̪o]
IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /deɡoʎaˈmjento/ [d̪e.ɣ̞o.ʎaˈmjẽn̪.t̪o]
IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /deɡoʃaˈmjento/ [d̪e.ɣ̞o.ʃaˈmjẽn̪.t̪o]
IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /deɡoʒaˈmjento/ [d̪e.ɣ̞o.ʒaˈmjẽn̪.t̪o]

Rhymes: -ento
Syllabification: de‧go‧lla‧mien‧to

Noun

degollamiento m (plural degollamientos)

cutting of the throat
Synonym: degollación
- 2015 July 31, “Detenido un hombre por degollar a su expareja en Palma”, in El País‎:
  Aparentemente la muerte ocurrió por degollamiento con un cuchillo de 20 centímetros, según fuentes policiales.
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Further reading

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

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