somatén

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Spanish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Catalan sometent.

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /somaˈten/ [so.maˈt̪ẽn]
Rhymes: -en
Syllabification: so‧ma‧tén

Noun[edit]

somatén m (plural somatenes)

a former police force in Catalonia, now only exisiting in Andorra

Further reading[edit]

“somatén”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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