enmienda
/emˈmjenda/ · B2 · noun · f
amendment
📝 enmienda = en + mend + a: put it 'in' to mend the text
Enmienda comes from Latin emendare, 'to remove faults'. The 'mend' sound in enmienda matches English mend and amend, which share that root. An enmienda mends a text or law by correcting it.