sometimiento

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Spanish

Etymology

From someter +‎ -miento.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sometiˈmjento/
  • Rhymes: -ento
  • Syllabification: so‧me‧ti‧mien‧to

Noun

sometimiento m (plural sometimientos)

  1. submission
    Synonym: sumisión
    • 2015 July 8, “Un día agitado para la paz en Colombia”, in El País:
      La guerrilla incide en que hay que “poner punto final desde ya a los choques armados”, aunque volvió a dejar claro que no aceptará presiones: “Se trata de un asunto de voluntad política que no se puede condicionar a exigencias de sometimiento penal, ni de dejación de armas o concentración”.
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  2. subjugation
    Synonyms: subyugación, sojuzgamiento

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