noun, masculine/aoɾkaˈmjento/plural: ahorcamientos
hanging (as capital punishment)
Synonyms: ahorcadura
Etymology tree Spanish ahorcar Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Late Latin -mentum Old Spanish -miento Spanish -miento Spanish ahorcamiento From ahorcar (“to hang”) + -miento.