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Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /desˈpljeɡe/
- Rhymes: -eɡe
- Syllabification: des‧plie‧gue
Etymology 1
Deverbal from desplegar.
Noun
despliegue m (plural despliegues)
- unfolding
- el despliegue de las elecciones ― the revelation of choices
- deployment
2018 March 16, Miguel Ángel Medina, “Seis detenidos en las protestas en Lavapiés por la muerte de un mantero”, in El País:La muerte de un mantero senegalés este jueves en el barrio madrileño de Lavapiés desató una oleada de protestas callejeras y un amplio despliegue policial con cargas y pelotas de goma para dispersar a manifestantes que incendiaron contenedores y vehículos estacionados en la zona.- The death of a Senegalese street vendor this Thursday in the Madrid neighborhood of Lavapiés sparked a wave of street protests and a massive deployment of police, who charged and shot rubber bullets to disperse protestors who set fire to dumpsters and parked cars in the area.
Etymology 2
Verb
despliegue
- inflection of desplegar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
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