quebrantamiento

Spanish

Etymology

From quebrantar +‎ -miento.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kebɾantaˈmjento/ [ke.β̞ɾãn̪.t̪aˈmjẽn̪.t̪o]
  • Rhymes: -ento
  • Syllabification: que‧bran‧ta‧mien‧to

Noun

quebrantamiento m (plural quebrantamientos)

  1. brokenness, weakening
  2. breaking, violation (e.g. of law or rules, of a covenant or pact)
  3. breach, breaching (i.e. failure to perform some obligation)
  4. breakdown, disruption (of established social order)
  5. (literary) destruction

Further reading

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