encubrimiento

Spanish

Etymology

From encubrir +‎ -miento.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /enkubɾiˈmjento/ [ẽŋ.ku.β̞ɾiˈmjẽn̪.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -ento
• Syllabification: en‧cu‧bri‧mien‧to

Noun

encubrimiento m (plural encubrimientos)

1. cover-up, concealment, whitewash
2. (law) complicity
3. cloaking (e.g., cloaking device or system)

Further reading

• “encubrimiento”, 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