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pronunciamiento

pronunciamento

noun proh-noon-syah-MYEHN-toh Rare
People & Society Politics

Origin: From Spanish pronunciar (to pronounce/declare), itself from Latin pronuntiare.

Also means

formal declaration

Usage Note

Pronunciamiento entered international political vocabulary through Spain's 19th-century history, where military officers issued pronunciamientos — public declarations announcing a rebellion or coup and calling for the government's overthrow. The word now covers any solemn public statement by an institution or authority (el pronunciamiento del tribunal, 'the court's ruling'). English borrowed it as 'pronunciamento'. In formal legal Spanish it refers to the operative part of a court judgment.

Examples

"El general firmó el pronunciamiento en 1820."

Natural Translation

The general signed the pronunciamento in 1820.

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