ajusticiamiento
Spanish
Etymology
From ajusticiar + -miento.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /axustiθjaˈmjento/ [a.xus.t̪i.θjaˈmjẽn̪.t̪o] (Spain)
- IPA(key): /axustisjaˈmjento/ [a.xus.t̪i.sjaˈmjẽn̪.t̪o] (Latin America, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -ento
- Syllabification: a‧jus‧ti‧cia‧mien‧to
Noun
ajusticiamiento m (plural ajusticiamientos)
- execution (the act of putting to death)
- Synonym: ejecución
- 2015 November 5, “Columna”, in El País[1]:
- Así, desde castigos físicos hasta ajusticiamientos de sospechosos de delitos, se convierten en muchos lugares en atajo violento y moneda corriente que expresa en ocasiones una desesperada reacción ciudadana frente a la inseguridad y la impunidad de los criminales por la inoperancia del Estado.
- Thus, from physical punishments to executions of suspected criminals, in many places they become a violent shortcut and common currency that sometimes expresses a desperate citizen reaction to insecurity and impunity for criminals due to the ineffectiveness of the State.
Further reading
- “ajusticiamiento”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024