abigarramiento

Spanish

Etymology

From abigarrar (“to paint in many colors”) +‎ -miento.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /abiɡaraˈmjento/ [a.β̞i.ɣ̞a.raˈmjẽn̪.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -ento
• Syllabification: a‧bi‧ga‧rra‧mien‧to

Noun

abigarramiento m (plural abigarramientos)

1. variegation
2. motley
3. (figurative) confusion, chaos
   • 2020 May 16, Rafa de Miguel, “Johnson confunde al Reino Unido con su estrategia contra el virus”, in El País‎^[1]:

     Los vagones del metro de Londres vuelven a mostrar escenas de abigarramiento, a pesar de que se haya recomendado evitarlos.

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Further reading

• “abigarramiento”, 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