testamento

/testaˈmento/ · B1 · noun · m

volition

📜🖋️ testamento = Latin testari, to bear witness, the root of testify

A will is a statement made before witnesses, which is why testamento shares its root with testify and testimony. As a joke, Spaniards also call any very long text un testamento, as in: me escribió un testamento.

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