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PRONUNCIATION OF ASSIENTO

assiento  [ˌæsɪˈɛntəʊ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ASSIENTO

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Assiento is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES ASSIENTO MEAN IN ENGLISH?

assiento

Asiento

The Asiento in the history of slavery refers to the permission given by the Spanish government to other countries to sell people as slaves to the Spanish colonies, between the years 1543 and 1834. In British history, it usually refers to the contract between Spain and Great Britain created in 1713 that dealt with the supply of African slaves for the Spanish territories in the Americas. The British government passed its rights to the South Sea Company.

Definition of assiento in the English dictionary

The definition of assiento in the dictionary is a slave trade treaty between other countries and Spain which allowed other countries to supply slaves to Spanish dependencies or colonies.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ASSIENTO


Benevento
ˌbɛnəˈvɛntəʊ
bento
ˈbɛntəʊ
cento
ˈsɛntəʊ
cinquecento
ˌtʃɪŋkwɪˈtʃɛntəʊ
divertimento
dɪˌvɜːtɪˈmɛntəʊ
junto
ˈdʒʊntəʊ
lento
ˈlɛntəʊ
memento
mɪˈmɛntəʊ
mento
ˈmɛntəʊ
pentimento
ˌpɛntɪˈmɛntəʊ
pimento
pɪˈmɛntəʊ
pimiento
pɪˈmjɛntəʊ
portamento
ˌpɔːtəˈmɛntəʊ
pronunciamento
prəˌnʌnsɪəˈmɛntəʊ
quattrocento
ˌkwætrəʊˈtʃɛntəʊ
rifacimento
rɪˌfætʃɪˈmɛntəʊ
Risorgimento
rɪˌsɔːdʒɪˈmɛntəʊ
Sacramento
ˌsækrəˈmɛntəʊ
Sorrento
səˈrɛntəʊ
trecento
treɪˈtʃɛntəʊ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ASSIENTO

assibilate
assibilation
assiduities
assiduity
assiduous
assiduously
assiduousness
assiege
assign
assignability
assignable
assignably
assignat
assignation
assignee
assigner
assignment
assignor
assimilability
assimilable

WORDS THAT END LIKE ASSIENTO

aggiornamento
Agrigento
beento
canto
conjunto
conto
duecento
Esperanto
get into
into
obento
onto
Papiamento
pinto
pronto
santo
seicento
tanto
Toronto
Trento

Synonyms and antonyms of assiento in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «assiento» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ASSIENTO

Find out the translation of assiento to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of assiento from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «assiento» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

assiento
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

asiento de negros
570 millions of speakers

English

assiento
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

assiento
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

assiento
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

assiento
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

assiento
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

assiento
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

assiento
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Assiento
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

assiento
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

assiento
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

assiento
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Assiento
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

assiento
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

assiento
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

असिएन्टो
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

assiento
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

assiento
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

assiento
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

assiento
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

assiento
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

assiento
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

assiento
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

assiento
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

assiento
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of assiento

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ASSIENTO»

The term «assiento» is quite widely used and occupies the 42.183 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ASSIENTO» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «assiento» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «assiento» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about assiento

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ASSIENTO»

Discover the use of assiento in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to assiento and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
European Treaties Bearing on the History of the United ...
Adjustment (Transacion) of the assiento, concluded by Spain and Portugal at Lisbon, June 18, 1701, N. S. Ratification by Spain, July 1, iyoi. [Ratification by Portugal, June 18, 1 1 roi.] Introduction. An adjustment by Spain and Portugal of ...
Frances Gardiner Davenport, Charles Oscar Paullin, 1917
2
Civil Rights and African Americans: A Documentary History
THE ASSIENTO (1713) Signed in 1713, the Treaty of Utrecht ended Queen Anne's War, known in England as the War of the Spanish Succession. It was that conflict which marked the beginning of the end of the French empire in North America ...
Albert P. Blaustein, Robert L. Zangrando, 1968
3
Biblioteca Americana: A Dictionary of Books Relating to ...
The Assiento, | or, | Contract | for | Allowing to the Subjects of Great Britain | the Liberty of Importing Negroes] into the Spanish America. | Sign'd by the Catholick King at Madrid, the | Twenty sixth Day of March, 1713. 1 By Her Majesties special  ...
Wilberforce Eames, Robert William Glenroie Vail, 1868
4
The Assiento, Or, Contract for Allowing to the Subjects of ...
Covering a span of over 400 years in North, Central and South America as well as the Caribbean, this collection highlights the society, politics, religious beliefs, culture, contemporary opinions and momentous events of the time.
Etc. Grea Great Britain.Spain. Treaties, 2012
5
The African Slave Trade and Its Suppression: A Classified ...
1048 *An ANSWER to a 1049 1050 1051 1052 1053 calumny, with some remarks upon an anonimous pamphlet address'd to His Grace the Duke of Newcastle, entitled: Some observations on the assiento trade, as it has been exercised by the ...
Peter Hogg, 2014
6
A General Collection of the Best and Most Interesting ...
made such terrible havock in the assiento of Latacunga, proved also satal to this. The earth near it opened in several places, of which there still remains an astonishing monument on the south side of the assiento, being a chasm four or five ...
John Pinkerton, 1813
7
Lex mercatoria: or, A complete code of commercial law; being ...
Whereas by the XVIth article of the treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle, it has been agreed between their Britannic and Catholic Majesties, that the treaty of the Assiento for the commerce of negroes, and the article of the annual ship, for the four years of ...
Wyndham Beawes, Joseph Chitty, 1813
8
A True and Impartial Account of the Rise and Progress of the ...
Now I only beg Leave to sum tip my Opinion in a few Words, and humbly submit it to our Author, which really and impartially is, That the Assiento Trade preserved in all its Privileges, when in its flouristiing Condition, "brings a great deal more ...
James Houstoun, 1743
9
Chronological History of the West Indies by Captain Thomas ...
other nation, to introduce Negroes, goods, merchandizes, or any things whatsoever into the Spanish American dominions, except what may be agreed by the treaty of commerce aforesaid, and the privileges granted in the Assiento de Negroes ...
‎1827
10
Calendar of state papers, Colonial series, America and West ...
But Magette is now going to England and thence to Rotterdam to procure convoy from the States, and thence to Spain to solicit the establishing of the Assiento in some other name than Porcio's. Gill talks of going to Barbados. I promised to try ...
J.W. Fortescue

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« EDUCALINGO. Assiento [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/assiento>. May 2024 ».
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