encerramiento

Spanish

Etymology

From encerrar +‎ -miento.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /enθeraˈmjento/ [ẽn̟.θe.raˈmjẽn̪.t̪o]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /enseraˈmjento/ [ẽn.se.raˈmjẽn̪.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -ento
• Syllabification: en‧ce‧rra‧mien‧to

Noun

encerramiento m (plural encerramientos)

1. prison

   Synonyms: prisión, cárcel

2. sit-in

   Synonyms: encierro, plantón

Further reading

• “encerramiento”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28