mandamiento

Spanish

Etymology

From mandar +‎ -miento.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mandaˈmjento/ [mãn̪.d̪aˈmjẽn̪.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -ento
• Syllabification: man‧da‧mien‧to

Noun

mandamiento m (plural mandamientos)

1. (chiefly Christianity) commandment
2. (law) writ, warrant
3. order, command

Derived terms

• Diez Mandamientos

 

Further reading

• “mandamiento”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28