casamiento

/kasaˈmjento/ · B2 · noun · m

marriage

💒💍 casa + miento: 'house-making' sounds like a casa-building ceremony

Comes from casar (to marry), which comes from casa (house): marrying meant setting up a house together. The suffix -miento marks the act or result, so casamiento = the act of 'housing' two people as a couple.

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