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Spanish
Etymology
From atropellar + -miento.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /atɾopeʝaˈmjento/
- IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /atɾopeʎaˈmjento/
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /atɾopeʃaˈmjento/
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /atɾopeʒaˈmjento/
- Rhymes: -ento
- Syllabification: a‧tro‧pe‧lla‧mien‧to
Noun
atropellamiento m (plural atropellamientos)
- 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: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.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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