amén
See also: Appendix:Variations of "amen"
Spanish
Etymology
From Ecclesiastical Latin āmēn, from Ancient Greek ἀμήν (amḗn), from Biblical Hebrew אָמֵן (ʾāmēn, “certainly, truly”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aˈmen/ [aˈmẽn]
Audio (Colombia): (file) - Rhymes: -en
- Syllabification: a‧mén
Interjection
amén
- amen (at the end of religious prayers: so be it)
See also
Further reading
- “amén”, 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