atropellamiento

Spanish

Etymology

From atropellar +‎ -miento.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /atɾopeʝaˈmjento/ [a.t̪ɾo.pe.ʝaˈmjẽn̪.t̪o]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /atɾopeʝaˈmjento/ [a.t̪ɾo.pe.ʝaˈmjẽn̪.t̪o]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /atɾopeʎaˈmjento/ [a.t̪ɾo.pe.ʎaˈmjẽn̪.t̪o]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /atɾopeʃaˈmjento/ [a.t̪ɾo.pe.ʃaˈmjẽn̪.t̪o]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /atɾopeʒaˈmjento/ [a.t̪ɾo.pe.ʒaˈmjẽn̪.t̪o]

• Rhymes: -ento
• Syllabification: a‧tro‧pe‧lla‧mien‧to

Noun

atropellamiento m (plural atropellamientos)

1. the act of running over a person in a vehicle

   Synonym: atropello

   • 2016 July, “Arrollan a hombre al cruzar avenida sin tener cuidado”, in Frontera.info‎^[1]:

     El atropellamiento más reciente ocurrió alrededor de las 11:00 horas, cuando un hombre de unos 40 años cruzó la avenida de manera intempestiva por una zona prohibida para peatones, frente a una procesadora de frutas de Valle Dorado.

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Further reading

• “atropellamiento”, 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