blanqueamiento

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English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Spanish blanqueamiento.

Noun

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blanqueamiento (uncountable)

  1. The process of becoming or making (racially) white, such as increasing the white population of a region or enforcing white cultural norms on a population.
    • 2022 October 12, José Rivers Alfaro, Something More Splendid Than Two, punctum books, →ISBN, page 84:
      Indigenous cultural differences were erased within a Mexican identity defined by the mixed bloodline of Spanish and Indian mestizaje that praised the eventual blanqueamiento of the mestize race.

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Spanish

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Etymology

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From blanquear +‎ -miento.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /blankeaˈmjento/ [blãŋ.ke.aˈmjẽn̪.t̪o]
  • Rhymes: -ento
  • Syllabification: blan‧que‧a‧mien‧to

Noun

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blanqueamiento m (plural blanqueamientos)

  1. whitening, whitewashing, bleaching (the process of making something white or whiter)
    Synonym: blanqueo
  2. whitewashing (a deliberate attempt to conceal unpleasant or incriminating facts about a person or organization in order to protect their reputation)
  3. money laundering (the act of engaging in transactions designed to obscure the origin of money)

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