yacimiento

Spanish

Etymology

From yacer (“to lie”) +‎ -imiento.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʝaθiˈmjento/ [ɟ͡ʝa.θiˈmjẽn̪.t̪o] (Spain)
  • IPA(key): /ʝasiˈmjento/ [ɟ͡ʝa.siˈmjẽn̪.t̪o] (most of Latin America, Philippines)
 
  • IPA(key): /ʃasiˈmjento/ [ʃa.siˈmjẽn̪.t̪o] (Buenos Aires and environs)
  • IPA(key): /ʒasiˈmjento/ [ʒa.siˈmjẽn̪.t̪o] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

  • Audio (Venezuela):(file)
  • 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

Further reading

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