empalamiento
Spanish, noun/empalaˈmjento/
empalamiento is spelled E-M-P-A-L-A-M-I-E-N-T-O (12 letters) and appears about once in every 14 million words in written Spanish, the 139,655th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Empalamiento is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “impaling” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Acción o efecto de empalar”.
What does empalamiento mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineimpaling
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 empalar 2. Técnica de tortura y ejecución que consiste en atravesar a la víctima con una vara o estaca aguzada en sentido longitudinal.
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 empalamiento
- empalamientos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce empalamiento?
- /empalaˈmjento/
- [ẽm.pa.laˈmjẽn̪.t̪o]
- [ẽmpalaˈmjẽn̪t̪o]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to empalamiento
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is empalamiento in Spanish?
empalamiento 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).