yacimiento
Spanish
Etymology
From yacer (“to lie”).
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]
- 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