sofocamiento

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *upó

Proto-Italic *supo

Latin sub

Latin sub-

Latin fōc-

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.

Proto-Italic *-ājō

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin -ō

Latin suffōcārelbor.

Spanish sofocar

Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥

Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom

Proto-Italic *-mentom

Late Latin -mentum

Old Spanish -miento

Spanish -miento

Spanish sofocamiento

From sofocar + -miento.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sofokaˈmjento/ [so.fo.kaˈmjẽn̪.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -ento
• Syllabification: so‧fo‧ca‧mien‧to

Noun

sofocamiento m (plural sofocamientos)

1. suffocation

Further reading

• “sofocamiento”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 24th edition, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 30 October 2026