suicidio

/swiˈθidjo/ · B1 · noun · m

suicide

Latin sui (of oneself) + -cidio (killing), the same roots as English suicide

The ending -cidio means killing, as in homicidio and genocidio. Spanish spells the word almost like English, with -io for -e. In Spain the c sounds like th (swi-THI-dyo). In Latin America it sounds like s.

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