afloramiento

Spanish

Etymology

From aflorar +‎ -miento.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /afloɾaˈmjento/ [a.flo.ɾaˈmjẽn̪.t̪o]
Rhymes: -ento
Syllabification: a‧flo‧ra‧mien‧to

Noun

afloramiento m (plural afloramientos)

outcrop (coming out of bedrock or of an unconsolidated deposit to the surface of the ground)
outcrop (part of a rock formation that appears at the surface)

Further reading

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

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