fusilamiento

/fusilaˈmjento/

el noun C1

el (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Academic Domain General Tone Neutral
Word fingerprint: Register: neutral. Era: current. Frequency: academic. Domain: general. Connotation: neutral.

Forms

plural
fusilamientos

Meaning

  1. execution by firing squad

    • Ordenó el fusilamiento.

      He ordered the firing squad.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Collective
Meaning fingerprint: Category: thing. Concreteness: concrete. Animacy: inanimate. Countability: countable. Scope: collective.

Similar words

Similar in other languages

German

Todesstrafe

Close — execution by firing squad is one way the death penalty is carried out.

English

murder

Worth distinguishing: fusilamiento is execution by firing squad, a lawful (state-sanctioned) killing; murder is unlawful killing — different legal concepts.

Practice

1 What does fusilamiento mean?

2 Fill the gap: Ordenó el ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches fusilamiento?

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