Spanish word

nombramiento

Pronunciation

IPA/nombɾaˈmjento/

Meaning

  • masculine nounappointment

Example

El nombramiento del nuevo director se anunció hoy.

Today the appointment of the new director was announced.

Illustration for nombramiento (appointment)

More examples

Celebraron el nombramiento oficial con aplausos.

They celebrated the official appointment with applause.

Core concept

Official notice announcing who will hold a role.

Common phrases

  • nombramiento oficial

    official appointment

  • nombramiento del director

    appointment of the director

Similar words

designación: Designates a person for a role through an official selection.
nominación: Names someone as a candidate for a position.
instalación: Installs someone in office at a ceremony that opens their term.
posesión: Takes formal possession of an office and begins performing its duties.

Definition in Spanish

Acción o efecto de nombrar a una persona para un cargo, puesto o responsabilidad, así como el acto o el documento oficial que comunica esa decisión.

Word origin

Derived from the verb nombrar (ultimately from Latin nominare) plus the nominalizing suffix -miento, originally marking the act of naming and now the formal appointment or its document.

Usage tips

  • In everyday speech, speakers commonly prefer short verb constructions ('lo nombraron gerente') and sometimes use the synonym 'designación' in bureaucratic contexts.

Other meanings

  • namingnoun

Opposites

  • destitucióndismissalnoun

Related words

  • nombrarappointverb
  • nombradoappointedadjective

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