desquiciamiento

Spanish

Etymology

From desquiciar +‎ -miento.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /deskiθjaˈmjento/ [d̪es.ki.θjaˈmjẽn̪.t̪o]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /deskisjaˈmjento/ [d̪es.ki.sjaˈmjẽn̪.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -ento
• Syllabification: des‧qui‧cia‧mien‧to

Noun

desquiciamiento m (plural desquiciamientos)

1. unhinging
2. madness

Further reading

• “desquiciamiento”, 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