monumento

/monuˈmento/ · B2 · noun · m

memorial

monumento — memorial

🗿 monumento = English monument, from Latin monere 'to remind'

Spanish monumento and English monument share the Latin root monere, meaning to remind or warn. A monument is a structure built to remind people of a person or event. Drop the final -o from the Spanish word and you have the English one.

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