🇪🇸Spanish Source WordCode: ES

asesinato

Pronunciation / Transliteration: asesinato

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Ermordung/ɛɐ̯ˈmɔʁdʊŋ/
nounCEFR C1 (Advanced)Top #4500 frequency
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🇪🇸 Example Sentence in Spanish:

"El asesinato conmocionó a toda la nación."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The premeditated and unlawful killing of one human being by another.

    "Die Ermordung des Politikers erschütterte das ganze Land."
  2. 2

    The act of assassinating someone of political or social prominence.

    "Historiker analysierten die genauen Umstände jener Ermordung."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term originates from Old High German, derived from the verb 'irmordjan', which itself stems from Proto-Germanic roots relating to unlawful killing or murder. Over centuries, the noun formation solidified in Middle High German to specifically designate the unlawful, premeditated act of taking a human life.

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