desdoblamiento

Spanish

Etymology

From desdoblar +‎ -miento.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /desdoblaˈmjento/ [d̪ez.ð̞o.β̞laˈmjẽn̪.t̪o]
  • Rhymes: -ento
  • Syllabification: des‧do‧bla‧mien‧to

Noun

desdoblamiento m (plural desdoblamientos)

  1. splitting, division
    • 1911, Pío Baroja, Las inquietudes de Shanti Andía:
      El ver mis recuerdos fijados en el papel me daba la impresión de hallarse escritos por otro, y este desdoblamiento de mi persona en narrador y lector me indujo a continuar.
      Seeing my memories fixed on paper gave me the impression of having discovered them written by another, and this splitting of myself into narrator and reader led me to continue.
  2. unfolding
    Synonym: despliegue

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