abigarramiento

Spanish

Etymology

From abigarrar (“to paint in many colors”) +‎ -miento.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /abiɡaraˈmjento/ [a.β̞i.ɣ̞a.raˈmjẽn̪.t̪o]
Rhymes: -ento
Syllabification: a‧bi‧ga‧rra‧mien‧to

Noun

abigarramiento m (plural abigarramientos)

variegation
motley
(figurative) confusion, chaos
- 2020 May 16, Rafa de Miguel, “Johnson confunde al Reino Unido con su estrategia contra el virus”, in El País‎:
  Los vagones del metro de Londres vuelven a mostrar escenas de abigarramiento, a pesar de que se haya recomendado evitarlos.
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Further reading

“abigarramiento”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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