hacinamiento

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Spanish

Etymology

From hacinar +‎ -miento.

Noun

hacinamiento m (plural hacinamientos)

  1. cluttering, pile-up, heaping up
    • 2015 July 11, “Resumen del día de El País América - 10 de julio”, in El País:
      Las condiciones de descontrol, peligrosidad y hacinamiento son tan terribles que uno de los reclusos de la prisión de Palmasola (Santa Cruz) se las describió así al papa Francisco : “Cuando llegué, esto me pareció Sodoma y Gomorra”.
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