suplicio
See also: suplício
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin supplicium (“a kneeling, humiliation, punishment”), from supplex (“kneeling, begging”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /suˈpliθjo/ [suˈpli.θjo]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /suˈplisjo/ [suˈpli.sjo]
- (Spain) Rhymes: -iθjo
- (Latin America) Rhymes: -isjo
- Syllabification: su‧pli‧cio
Noun
suplicio m (plural suplicios)
- anguish, suffering, torment, torture
- punishment
Related terms
- suplicar
Further reading
- “suplicio”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014