empobrecimiento

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Spanish

Etymology

From empobrecer +‎ -miento.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /empobɾeθiˈmjento/
  • IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /empobɾesiˈmjento/
  • Rhymes: -ento
  • Syllabification: em‧po‧bre‧ci‧mien‧to

Noun

empobrecimiento m (plural empobrecimientos)

  1. impoverishment
    • 2015 July 13, ““No podemos alcanzar el desarrollo solo con la venta de materias primas””, in El País:
      En su opinión, tiene que ver “con fuerzas sociales contrarias al desarrollo y a la mala imagen histórica de la minería, como un factor de empobrecimiento de las comunidades, que ha generado una enorme desconfianza hacia todo proyecto”.
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