desabastecimiento

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Spanish

Etymology

From desabastecer +‎ -miento.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /desabasteθiˈmjento/
  • IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /desabastesiˈmjento/
  • Rhymes: -ento
  • Syllabification: de‧sa‧bas‧te‧ci‧mien‧to

Noun

desabastecimiento m (plural desabastecimientos)

  1. cut-off of supply
    • 2015 July 19, “El dólar, la obsesión de Argentina”, in El País:
      Una fascinación que para muchos se remonta a 1975, en ocasión del Rodrigazo, un ajuste ordenado por el entonces ministro de Economía, Celestino Rodrigo, que duplicó los precios y provocó desabastecimiento de gran cantidad de productos de primera necesidad, combustibles y otros suministros para el transporte.
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