pronunciamiento
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish pronunciamiento.
Noun
pronunciamiento (plural pronunciamientos or pronunciamientoes)
- A military uprising or coup in Spain or the Spanish American republics, particularly in the 19th century, usually accompanied by a statement declaring the existing government null and void.
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish pronunciamiento.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pʁɔ.nun.sja.mjɛn.to/
- Hyphenation: pro‧nun‧cia‧mien‧to
Noun
pronunciamiento m (plural pronunciamientos)
Further reading
- “pronunciamiento”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Spanish
Etymology
From pronunciar + -miento.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pɾonunθjaˈmjento/ [pɾo.nũn̟.θjaˈmjẽn̪.t̪o] (Spain)
- IPA(key): /pɾonunsjaˈmjento/ [pɾo.nũn.sjaˈmjẽn̪.t̪o] (Latin America, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -ento
- Syllabification: pro‧nun‧cia‧mien‧to
Noun
pronunciamiento m (plural pronunciamientos)
- pronouncement, declaration
- (by extension) a military uprising or coup in Spain or the Spanish American republics, particularly in the 19th century, usually accompanied by a statement declaring the existing government null and void
Derived terms
Descendants
- English: pronunciamiento
Further reading
- “pronunciamiento”, 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