quebrantamiento

Spanish

Etymology

From quebrantar +‎ -miento.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kebɾantaˈmjento/ [ke.β̞ɾãn̪.t̪aˈmjẽn̪.t̪o]
Rhymes: -ento
Syllabification: que‧bran‧ta‧mien‧to

Noun

quebrantamiento m (plural quebrantamientos)

brokenness, weakening
breaking, violation (e.g. of law or rules, of a covenant or pact)
breach, breaching (i.e. failure to perform some obligation)
breakdown, disruption (of established social order)
(literary) destruction

Further reading

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

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