desamortización

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Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /desamoɾtiθaˈθjon/
  • IPA(key): (Latin America) /desamoɾtisaˈsjon/
  • Rhymes: -on
  • Syllabification: de‧sa‧mor‧ti‧za‧ción

Noun

desamortización f (plural desamortizaciones)

  1. seizure, confiscation (of property)
    • 2015 October 7, “‘Road trip’ por el Priorat”, in El País:
      Fundada en el siglo XII, la cartuja prosperó hasta el siglo XVIII, llegando a contar con tres claustros, pero tras la desamortización de 1835 quedó abandonada.
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