cercamiento

Spanish

Etymology

From cercar +‎ -miento.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /θeɾkaˈmjento/ [θeɾ.kaˈmjẽn̪.t̪o]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /seɾkaˈmjento/ [seɾ.kaˈmjẽn̪.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -ento
• Syllabification: cer‧ca‧mien‧to

Noun

cercamiento m (plural cercamientos)

1. enclosure

   Synonym: encierro

Further reading

• “cercamiento”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28