desaprovechamiento

Spanish

Etymology

From desaprovechar +‎ -miento.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /desapɾobet͡ʃaˈmjento/ [d̪e.sa.pɾo.β̞e.t͡ʃaˈmjẽn̪.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -ento
• Syllabification: de‧sa‧pro‧ve‧cha‧mien‧to

Noun

desaprovechamiento m (plural desaprovechamientos)

1. waste, lack of taking advantage
   • 2014 November 16, “El despilfarro de la experiencia”, in El País‎^[1]:

     Hay un desaprovechamiento del know how y del talento.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Further reading

• “desaprovechamiento”, 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