amortiguamiento
Spanish, noun/amoɾtiɡwaˈmjento/
amortiguamiento is spelled A-M-O-R-T-I-G-U-A-M-I-E-N-T-O (15 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish, the 69,196th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Amortiguamiento is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “cushioning, buffering” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Acción y efecto de amortiguar o amortiguarse”.
What does amortiguamiento mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecushioning, buffering
- 2
masculinedeadening
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Acción y efecto de amortiguar o amortiguarse. 2. Capacidad de un sistema para disipar la energía y salir del período de respuesta transitoria.
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 amortiguamiento
- amortiguamientos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce amortiguamiento?
- /amoɾtiɡwaˈmjento/
- [a.moɾ.t̪i.ɣ̞waˈmjẽn̪.t̪o]
- [amoɾt̪iɣ̞waˈmjẽn̪t̪o]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is amortiguamiento in Spanish?
amortiguamiento appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).