acotamiento
Spanish, noun/akotaˈmjento/
acotamiento is spelled A-C-O-T-A-M-I-E-N-T-O (11 letters) and appears about once in every 14 million words in written Spanish, the 138,166th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Acotamiento is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “hard shoulder, emergency lane (part of a road where drivers may stop in an emergency)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Acción o efecto de acotar (en sus diferentes acepciones)”.
What does acotamiento mean in English?
noun
- 1
Mexicomasculinehard shoulder, emergency lane (part of a road where drivers may stop in an emergency)
- 2
masculinemarking off, fencing in, limiting
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Acción o efecto de acotar (en sus diferentes acepciones). 2. Franja o margen a la orilla de una carretera, no destinada para la circulación habitual de vehículos.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of acotamiento
- acotamientos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce acotamiento?
- /akotaˈmjento/
- [a.ko.t̪aˈmjẽn̪.t̪o]
- [akot̪aˈmjẽn̪t̪o]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to acotamiento
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is acotamiento in Spanish?
acotamiento appears about once in every 14 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).