yacimiento

Spanish

Etymology

From yacer (“to lie”) +‎ -imiento.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Spain) /ʝaθiˈmjento/ [ɟ͡ʝa.θiˈmjẽn̪.t̪o]

IPA^(key): (Latin America) /ʝasiˈmjento/ [ɟ͡ʝa.siˈmjẽn̪.t̪o]
IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ʃasiˈmjento/ [ʃa.siˈmjẽn̪.t̪o]
IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ʒasiˈmjento/ [ʒa.siˈmjẽn̪.t̪o]

Audio (Venezuela): (file)
Rhymes: -ento
Syllabification: ya‧ci‧mien‧to

Noun

yacimiento m (plural yacimientos)

(geology) deposit; field or formation
yacimiento mineral
mineral deposit
site
yacimiento de restos humanos
site of human remains

Related terms

yacer

Further reading

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

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