conyugicidio

Spanish

Etymology

From cónyuge +‎ -cidio.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /konʝuxiˈθidjo/ [kõɲ.ɟ͡ʝu.xiˈθi.ð̞jo]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /konʝuxiˈsidjo/ [kõɲ.ɟ͡ʝu.xiˈsi.ð̞jo]

 

• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /konʃuxiˈsidjo/ [kõnʲ.ʃu.xiˈsi.ð̞jo]

• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /konʃuxiˈsidjo/ [kõnʲ.ʃu.xiˈsi.ð̞jo]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /konʒuxiˈsidjo/ [kõnʲ.ʒu.xiˈsi.ð̞jo]

• Rhymes: -idjo
• Syllabification: con‧yu‧gi‧ci‧dio

Noun

conyugicidio m (plural conyugicidios)

1. the murder of one by one's spouse; a mariticide or uxoricide

Related terms

• conyugicida

 

Further reading

• “conyugicidio”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16