blanqueamiento
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /blankeaˈmjento/ [blãŋ.ke.aˈmjẽn̪.t̪o]
- Rhymes: -ento
- Syllabification: blan‧que‧a‧mien‧to
Noun
blanqueamiento m (plural blanqueamientos)
- whitening, whitewashing, bleaching (the process of making something white or whiter)
- Synonym: blanqueo
- whitewashing (a deliberate attempt to conceal unpleasant or incriminating facts about a person or organization in order to protect their reputation)
- money laundering (the act of engaging in transactions designed to obscure the origin of money)
Further reading
- “blanqueamiento”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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