apelmazamiento

Spanish

Etymology

From apelmazar +‎ -miento.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /apelmaθaˈmjento/ [a.pel.ma.θaˈmjẽn̪.t̪o]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /apelmasaˈmjento/ [a.pel.ma.saˈmjẽn̪.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -ento
• Syllabification: a‧pel‧ma‧za‧mien‧to

Noun

apelmazamiento m (plural apelmazamientos)

1. compacting, compressing, compression (act and effect of making more dense)
2. agglutination, clumping

Further reading

• “apelmazamiento”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014