amordazamiento

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Spanish

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Etymology

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From amordazar +‎ -miento.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (Spain) /amoɾdaθaˈmjento/ [a.moɾ.ð̞a.θaˈmjẽn̪.t̪o]
  • IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /amoɾdasaˈmjento/ [a.moɾ.ð̞a.saˈmjẽn̪.t̪o]
  • Rhymes: -ento
  • Syllabification: a‧mor‧da‧za‧mien‧to

Noun

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amordazamiento m (plural amordazamientos)

  1. gagging, muzzling
    • 2020 December 23, Luis Leonel León, “36 preguntas sobre el fallido sistema cubano”, in El Nacional[1]:
      ¿Cómo ha sido posible si en su currículo lo que más destaca es una pasmosa capacidad para sistematizar la decadencia, el timo y el amordazamiento de la sociedad?
      How has it been possible if in his curriculum what stands out most is an astonishing capacity to systematize the decadence, the swindling and the muzzling of society?

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