yacimiento

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Spanish

Etymology

From yacer (“to lie”) +‎ -imiento.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /ʝaθiˈmjento/
 
  • IPA(key): (most of Latin America, Philippines) /ʝasiˈmjento/
  • IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ʃasiˈmjento/
  • IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ʒasiˈmjento/

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  • Rhymes: -ento
  • Syllabification: ya‧ci‧mien‧to

Noun

yacimiento m (plural yacimientos)

  1. (geology) deposit; field or formation
    yacimiento mineral
    mineral deposit
  2. site
    yacimiento de restos humanos
    site of human remains

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