varamiento

Spanish

Etymology

From varar + -miento.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /baɾaˈmjento/ [ba.ɾaˈmjẽn̪.t̪o]
  • Rhymes: -ento
  • Syllabification: va‧ra‧mien‧to

Noun

varamiento m (plural varamientos)

  1. beaching (event of a marine mammal stranding itself on land)
    • 2017 September, “Lobo marino, varado y con herida en su ojo en playa de Mar Bravo, en Santa Elena”, in El Universo:
      La mañana de este miércoles se reportó el varamiento de otro lobo marino, en la playa de Mar Bravo, en Salinas, Santa Elena.
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