desprendimiento

Spanish

Etymology

From desprender +‎ -miento.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /despɾendiˈmjento/ [d̪es.pɾẽn̪.d̪iˈmjẽn̪.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -ento
• Syllabification: des‧pren‧di‧mien‧to

Noun

desprendimiento m (plural desprendimientos)

1. loosening
2. landslide

   Synonym: derrumbe

Further reading

• “desprendimiento”, 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