blanqueamiento

Spanish

Etymology

blanquear +‎ -miento

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

Further reading

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

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