revestimiento

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Spanish revestir

Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥

Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom

Proto-Italic *-mentom

Late Latin -mentum

Old Spanish -miento

Spanish -miento

Spanish revestimiento

From revestir + -miento. Compare English revetment.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rebestiˈmjento/ [re.β̞es.t̪iˈmjẽn̪.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -ento
• Syllabification: re‧ves‧ti‧mien‧to

Noun

revestimiento m (plural revestimientos)

1. coating, cladding
2. panelling
3. covering, facing, siding, liner, lining, sheathing
4. wainscotting, wainscoting
5. revetment

Further reading

• “revestimiento”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025