rompimiento

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Spanish romper

Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥

Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom

Proto-Italic *-mentom

Late Latin -mentum

Old Spanish -miento

Spanish -miento

Spanish rompimiento

From romper + -miento.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rompiˈmjento/ [rõm.piˈmjẽn̪.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -ento
• Syllabification: rom‧pi‧mien‧to

Noun

rompimiento m (plural rompimientos)

1. breakage, fracture
2. break, break-up
3. downpour
4. outbreak

Further reading

• “rompimiento”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025