expropiación

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Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /eɡspɾopjaˈθjon/
  • IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /eɡspɾopjaˈsjon/
  • Rhymes: -on
  • Syllabification: ex‧pro‧pia‧ción

Noun

expropiación f (plural expropiaciones)

  1. expropriation
    Synonym: desposeimiento
    expropiación de una fincaexpropriation of a farm
    expropiación de bienesexpropriation of goods
    • 1908, José Antonio Wilde, Buenos Aires desde setenta años atrás:
      En 1869 se presentó un proyecto, creemos que por el municipal señor Tamini y otro del diputado provincial señor Rom, proponiendo la expropiación de la Recova vieja, para dar con su demolición mayor ensanche a la plaza de la Victoria
      In 1869 a project was presented, we believe by the municipal policeman Mr. Tamini and another by the provincial deputy Mr. Rom, proposing the expropriation of the old Colonnade, in order to give Victoria plaza more space with its demolition
    • 2018 July 22, “Nuestra síntesis histórica-política”, in El Nuevo Diario, archived from the original on 13 April 2022:
      [] desató tanto el resentimiento social antinobiliario como el saqueo y la expropiación como botín político.
      it triggered anti-nobility social resentment as well as looting and expropriation as political prizes.

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