asiento

English

Etymology

From Spanish asiento.

Noun

asiento (plural asientos)

1. A treaty or pact, in Spanish contexts.

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈsjento/ [aˈsjẽn̪.t̪o]

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• Rhymes: -ento
• Syllabification: a‧sien‧to

Etymology 1

Deverbal from asentar.

Noun

asiento m (plural asientos)

1. seat

   Hyponym: silla

2. sediment, deposit
3. treaty, pact
4. foundation
5. register office, registry
6. stability
7. common sense
8. (nautical) trim (manner in which a boat floats)

Derived terms

• asentista
• asiento de los bobos
• cubreasientos
• culo de mal asiento
• ser culo de mal asiento
• tomar asiento

 

Verb

asiento

1. first-person singular present indicative of asentar

Etymology 2

Verb

asiento

1. first-person singular present indicative of asentir

Further reading

• “asiento”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28