envilecimiento

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Spanish

Etymology

From envilecer +‎ -miento.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /embileθiˈmjento/
  • IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /embilesiˈmjento/
  • Rhymes: -ento
  • Syllabification: en‧vi‧le‧ci‧mien‧to

Noun

envilecimiento m (plural envilecimientos)

  1. degradation, humiliation
    • 2017 May 26, “De la comunal y otros demonios”, in El Nacional:
      El legado, sin embargo, no es diferente que arriba, abajo o en el centro, hambre, miseria, miedo y envilecimiento.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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