acogimiento

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Spanish

Etymology

From acoger +‎ -miento.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /akoxiˈmjento/
  • Rhymes: -ento
  • Syllabification: a‧co‧gi‧mien‧to

Noun

acogimiento m (plural acogimientos)

  1. foster care
    • 2016 December 5, “Condenado a cinco años el sospechoso del ‘caso Yéremi’ por violar a otro niño”, in El País:
      La Audiencia relaciona además las contradicciones en las que pudo incurrir al principio el chico con su ambiente de procedencia: una familia que recibe asistencia de los servicios sociales (en la actualidad, el niño y sus hermanos están en régimen de acogimiento).
      The Court also relates the contradictions that the boy could have incurred at the beginning with his environment of origin: a family that receives assistance from the social services (currently, the boy and his siblings are in foster care).

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