yacimiento

Spanish

Etymology

From yacer (“to lie”) +‎ -imiento.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /ʝaθiˈmjento/ [ɟ͡ʝa.θiˈmjẽn̪.t̪o]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /ʝasiˈmjento/ [ɟ͡ʝa.siˈmjẽn̪.t̪o]

 

• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /ʃasiˈmjento/ [ʃa.siˈmjẽn̪.t̪o]

• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ʃasiˈmjento/ [ʃa.siˈmjẽn̪.t̪o]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ʒasiˈmjento/ [ʒa.siˈmjẽn̪.t̪o]

• Audio (Venezuela):

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• Rhymes: -ento
• Syllabification: ya‧ci‧mien‧to

Noun

yacimiento m (plural yacimientos)

1. (geology) deposit; field or formation

   yacimiento mineral

   mineral deposit

2. site

   yacimiento de restos humanos

   site of human remains

Related terms

• yacer

 

Further reading

• “yacimiento”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16