cocimiento

Spanish

Etymology

From cocer +‎ -miento.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /koθiˈmjento/ [ko.θiˈmjẽn̪.t̪o] (Spain)
  • IPA(key): /kosiˈmjento/ [ko.siˈmjẽn̪.t̪o] (Latin America, Philippines)
  • Rhymes: -ento
  • Syllabification: co‧ci‧mien‧to

Noun

cocimiento m (plural cocimientos)

  1. cooking
  2. baking
  3. boiling
  4. fermenting
  5. infusion, brew
  6. soaking, steeping (treatment of woolen materials prior to dyeing)
  7. firing (of ceramics, bricks, etc.)

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