afrontamiento

Spanish

Etymology

From afrontar +‎ -miento.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /afɾontaˈmjento/ [a.fɾõn̪.t̪aˈmjẽn̪.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -ento
• Syllabification: a‧fron‧ta‧mien‧to

Noun

afrontamiento m (plural afrontamientos)

1. coping (the process of managing taxing circumstances, expending effort to solve personal and interpersonal problems, and seeking to master, minimize, reduce or tolerate stress or conflict.)

Further reading

• “afrontamiento”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28