amerizaje

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from French amerrissage.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /ameɾiˈθaxe/ [a.me.ɾiˈθa.xe]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /ameɾiˈsaxe/ [a.me.ɾiˈsa.xe]
• Rhymes: -axe
• Syllabification: a‧me‧ri‧za‧je

Noun

amerizaje m (plural amerizajes)

1. sea-landing or touchdown
   • 2017 July, “Hallan dos cadáveres del avión venezolano siniestrado en el Caribe”, in elsalvador.com‎^[1]:

     El amerizaje se produjo a entre 20 y 30 millas náuticas de Punta Arenas, en la península de Macanao de la citada isla, a las 13.

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Derived terms

• amerizar

 

Further reading

• “amerizaje”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10