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What is defenestration, in Spanish?

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What is "Defenestration", which means to throw out a window; in English; in Spanish?

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(1) Swiss engraver, Matthäus Merian, created an engraving of his impression of what the 1618 Prague Defenestration might have looked like, called the Defenestration of Praguealt text

(2) The, Defenestration of Prague, took place in Prague,Kingdom of Bohimiaalt text (now part of the Czech Republic); in 1618, at Prague Catle alt text

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updated Apr 10, 2010
posted by 1Spanish_student
I learned a new word! - Rolest, Apr 10, 2010

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I must admit I have never heard this word in any language, but here it is:

defenestration.............defenestración

1620, "the action of throwing out of a window," from L. fenestra "window." A word invented for one incident: the "Defenestration of Prague," May 21, 1618, when two Catholic deputies to the Bohemian national assembly and a secretary were tossed out the window (into a moat) of the castle of Hradshin by Protestant radicals. It marked the start of the Thirty Years War. Some linguists link fenestra with Gk. verb phainein "to show;" others see in it an Etruscan borrowing, based on the suffix -(s)tra, as in L. loan-words aplustre "the carved stern of a ship with its ornaments," genista "the plant broom," lanista "trainer of gladiators." Related: Defenestrate (1915); defenestrated (1620). Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper

updated Apr 10, 2010
posted by 005faa61
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Defenestración

defenestrar - the defenestrate...

(computing, humorous, slang) To stop using the Windows operating system

updated Apr 10, 2010
posted by TheSilentHero