why detenimiento and not detenimento?
why detenimiento and not detenimento?
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By the way, I decided to explore the subject of suffixes a bit further because when I looked up the word detenimiento in the RAE (Real Acadamia Español) dictionary, I discovered that it comes from the verb "detener".
detenimiento.
(De detener).
Incidentally, I also found that you might have read the word indeed in the context of an adverb...of course in a phrase. The RAE shows this:
con ~.
- loc. adv. Minuciosamente, con mucho cuidado.
Well, in any case, I discovered that it is pretty common in Spanish to build nouns from verbs using suffix "-miento".
I was trying to figure out why you might ask the question. And it occurred to me that your question might stem from having casually looked at the word, not knowing what it means..... Perhaps you thought that it is an adverb?...given that one reads the following about the "adverbial suffix":
The Adverbial Suffix Probably the most common Spanish suffix is -mente, which is usually added to the feminine single form of adjectives to turn them into adverbs, just as we add "-ly" in English. Thus simplemente is "simply," cariñosamente is "lovingly," rápidamente is "quickly," and so on.
But, of course, detenimiento is not an adverb!
Well, perhaps you did not think so anyway, but if you did, perhaps this helps.
because "detenimento" is not an spanish word?
