afloramiento

Spanish

Etymology

From aflorar +‎ -miento.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /afloɾaˈmjento/ [a.flo.ɾaˈmjẽn̪.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -ento
• Syllabification: a‧flo‧ra‧mien‧to

Noun

afloramiento m (plural afloramientos)

1. outcrop (coming out of bedrock or of an unconsolidated deposit to the surface of the ground)
2. outcrop (part of a rock formation that appears at the surface)

Further reading

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