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

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