cimiento
Spanish
Pronunciation
- (Castilian) IPA(key): /θiˈmjento/, [θiˈmjẽn̪t̪o]
- (Latin America) IPA(key): /siˈmjento/, [siˈmjẽn̪t̪o]
Noun
cimiento m (plural cimientos)
- (chiefly in the plural) foundation (the lowest and supporting layer of a superstructure)
- 2019 April 16, María Laura Avignolo, “Con un aluvión de donaciones prometen reconstruir Notre Dame en sólo cinco años”, in Clarín:
- En el amanecer del martes emergía a la luz del día como un espectro gris y gótico, que aun humeaba pero estaba firme en sus cimientos.
- At dawn Tuesday it emerged in daylight like a gray, Gothic specter, that was still smoking but firm in its foundation.
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- (chiefly in the plural) foundation, groundwork (the result of the work to begin something)
Further reading
- “cimiento” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
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