Polyglot Dictionary

asesinato

/asesiˈnato/

el noun B1

el (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
asesinatos

Meaning

  1. murder

    • Investigan un asesinato.

      They are investigating a murder.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

ejecución

Worth distinguishing: asesinato is unlawful murder; ejecución is lawful, state-sanctioned killing.

Similar in other languages

German

Mord

Mord is the German word for the same thing — both mean "murder."

French

meurtre

meurtre is the French word for the same thing — both mean "murder."

Practice

1 What does asesinato mean?

2 Fill the gap: Investigan un ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches asesinato?

noun

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