desprendimiento
/desprendiˈmjento/
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noun
C1
el (masc.) la (fem.)
Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.
Forms
- plural
- desprendimientos
Meaning
Similar words
deslizamiento and desprendimiento are close synonyms for "landslide"; desprendimiento leans toward rocks or debris falling, a rockslide, while deslizamiento is more about earth sliding.
Similar in other languages
French
glissement de terrain is the French word for the same thing — both mean "landslide."
Practice
1 What does desprendimiento mean?
landslide
2 Fill the gap: Hubo un ___ de rocas.
Full sentence: Hubo un desprendimiento de rocas. (There was a rockfall.)
3 Which fingerprint chart matches desprendimiento?
desprendimiento: neutral register, academic frequency, general domain, neutral connotation.
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