somatén

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Catalan sometent.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /somaˈten/ [so.maˈt̪ẽn]
• Rhymes: -en
• Syllabification: so‧ma‧tén

Noun

somatén m (plural somatenes)

1. a former police force in Catalonia, now only exisiting in Andorra

Further reading

• “somatén”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28