parlamento

/paɾlaˈmento/ · B2 · noun · m

parliament

🏛️ parlamento = parlar (to speak) + -mento (result): a place or act of speaking

From Spanish parlar, to speak or talk, plus the suffix -mento, which forms nouns of action or result. So parlamento is where talking happens (parliament), the talk itself (reasoning, wording), or a character's spoken lines in a script, as opposed to stage directions (acotación).

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