racionamiento

Spanish

Etymology

From racionar +‎ -miento. Akin to Portuguese racionamento.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /raθjonaˈmjento/ [ra.θjo.naˈmjẽn̪.t̪o]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /rasjonaˈmjento/ [ra.sjo.naˈmjẽn̪.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -ento
• Syllabification: ra‧cio‧na‧mien‧to

Noun

racionamiento m (plural racionamientos)

1. rationing (controlled distribution of scarce resources)

Further reading

• “racionamiento”, 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