alargascencia
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Blend of alargar + obsolescencia.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): (Spain) /alaɾɡasˈθenθja/ [a.laɾ.ɣ̞asˈθẽn̟.θja]
- IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /alaɾɡaˈsensja/ [a.laɾ.ɣ̞aˈsẽn.sja]
- Rhymes: -enθja
- Rhymes: -ensja
- Syllabification: a‧lar‧gas‧cen‧cia
Noun
[edit]alargascencia f (plural alargascencias)
- Extending the life of objects in order to limit the purchase of new ones and thus reduce the consumption of natural resources.[1][2]
- Antonyms: obsolescencia, obsolescencia programada
References
[edit]- ^ “Alargascencia, término válido”, in Fundeu BBVA, 2018 May 27 (last accessed)
- ^ Abundancia, Rita (2018 March 2) “Alargascencia: así es la guerrilla contra la obsolescencia programada”, in El País, retrieved 2018-05-27
Further reading
[edit]- Dictionnaire multilingue des mots nouveaux, Parlement européen, Direction générale de la traduction, 2019 →ISBN, page 10