-mento

From Old Galician-Portuguese -mento, from Late Latin -mentum, -amentum, from Latin -menta.

-mento m

1. -ment (forming nouns from verbs, with the sense of 'result, product (of process)')

In function of the thematic vowel of the verb, and since the early documentation of the language, this suffix takes one the following forms: -amento, -emento or -imento. Note that in Portuguese these forms are just -amento and -imento.

• -amento, -imento

From Late Latin -mentum, -amentum, from Latin -menta.

-mento

1. forming concrete nouns from verbs, with the sense of 'result, product (of process)'

• -imento

From Latin -mentum, -amentum, from Latin -menta.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmen.to/
• Rhymes: -ento
• Syllabification: -mén‧to

-mento m (noun-forming suffix, plural -menti)

1. forms nouns that represent the action of a related verb

   ‎cambiare (“to change”) + ‎-mento → ‎cambiamento (“change (abstract)”)

   ‎versare (“to pour”) + ‎-mento → ‎versamento (“pouring”)

• Terms formed with this suffix are invariably stressed on the penultimate syllable.
• Nouns formed from -ere verbs end in -imento.

• Monte, monte

-mentō

1. dative/ablative singular of -mentum

• -amento, -imento

From Old Galician-Portuguese -mento, from Late Latin -mentum, -amentum, from Latin -menta.

• Rhymes: -ẽtu

-mento m (noun-forming suffix, plural -mentos)

1. -tion (process, action or result)

   Synonyms: -agem, -ção

• -amento, -imento

From Late Latin -mentum, -amentum, from Latin -menta. Doublet of -miento.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmento/ [ˈmẽn̪.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -ento
• Syllabification: -men‧to

-mento m (plural -mentos)

1. -ment (the action or result of what is denoted by the verb)

   ‎jurar (“to swear”) + ‎-mento → ‎juramento (“oath”)

• -miento

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