despliegue

Spanish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /desˈpljeɡe/ [d̪esˈplje.ɣ̞e]
  • Rhymes: -eɡe
  • Syllabification: des‧plie‧gue

Etymology 1

Deverbal from desplegar.

Noun

despliegue m (plural despliegues)

  1. unfolding
    el despliegue de las elecciones ― the revelation of choices
  2. deployment
    • 2018 March 16, Miguel Ángel Medina, “Seis detenidos en las protestas en Lavapiés por la muerte de un mantero”, in El País‎:
      La muerte de un mantero senegalés este jueves en el barrio madrileño de Lavapiés desató una oleada de protestas callejeras y un amplio despliegue policial con cargas y pelotas de goma para dispersar a manifestantes que incendiaron contenedores y vehículos estacionados en la zona.
      The death of a Senegalese street vendor this Thursday in the Madrid neighborhood of Lavapiés sparked a wave of street protests and a massive deployment of police, who charged and shot rubber bullets to disperse protestors who set fire to dumpsters and parked cars in the area.

Verb

despliegue

  1. inflection of desplegar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

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