acotamiento

Spanish

Etymology

From acotar +‎ -miento.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /akotaˈmjento/ [a.ko.t̪aˈmjẽn̪.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -ento
• Syllabification: a‧co‧ta‧mien‧to

Noun

acotamiento m (plural acotamientos)

1. hard shoulder, emergency lane (part of a road where drivers may stop in an emergency)
2. marking off, fencing in, limiting

Further reading

• “acotamiento”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10