encallamiento

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Spanish

Etymology

From encallar +‎ -miento.

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /enkaʝaˈmjento/
  • IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /enkaʎaˈmjento/
  • IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /enkaʃaˈmjento/
  • IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /enkaʒaˈmjento/

  • Rhymes: -ento
  • Syllabification: en‧ca‧lla‧mien‧to

Noun

encallamiento m (plural encallamientos)

  1. (nautical) grounding
    • 2016 December, “Encalla embarcación frente a la escénica”, in Frontera.info:
      La Segunda Región Naval, con sede en este puerto, encontró el barco pesquero sin tripulación, y se presentó en el lugar del encallamiento para inspeccionar la embarcación.
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