desconocimiento

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Spanish

Etymology

From desconocer +‎ -miento.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /deskonoθiˈmjento/
  • IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /deskonosiˈmjento/
  • Rhymes: -ento
  • Syllabification: des‧co‧no‧ci‧mien‧to

Noun

desconocimiento m (plural desconocimientos)

  1. ignorance
    • 2015 July 21, “‘Meninas’, cañas, ‘Guernica’”, in El País:
      En lo que no difirieron los turistas extranjeros consultados es en el desconocimiento de la existencia del llamado Paseo del Arte, como marca aglutinadora del turismo cultural que impulsa Madrid, como la Isla de los Museos en Berlín.
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