apretamiento

Spanish

Etymology

From apretar +‎ -miento.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /apɾetaˈmjento/ [a.pɾe.t̪aˈmjẽn̪.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -ento
• Syllabification: a‧pre‧ta‧mien‧to

Noun

apretamiento m (plural apretamientos)

1. hurry; rush
2. (obsolete) meanness; avarice

Further reading

• “apretamiento”, 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