assiento

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noun

A contract or convention between Spain and other powers for providing African slaves for the Spanish colonies in America, especially the contract made with Great Britain in 1713.

OriginSpanish asiento ← Latin ad →
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Meanings

nounassiento (plural assientos or assientoes)

plural assientos · plural assientoes · alternative asiento

  1. historicalA contract or convention between Spain and other powers for providing African slaves for the Spanish colonies in America, especially the contract made with Great Britain in 1713.

Origin

  1. Latinad
  2. Spanishasiento“seat, contract or agreement”
  3. Englishassiento

From Spanish asiento (“seat, contract or agreement”), from asentar (“to place on a chair, to adjust, to make an agreement”), from a- + sentar (“a participial verb”), from Latin ad + *sedentare (“to cause to sit”), from sedens, sedentis.

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APA

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MLA

“assiento.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/assiento. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “assiento,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/assiento.

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