blanqueamiento

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Spanish blanqueamiento. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /blɑŋkɛɑˈmjɛntɒ === Noun === blanqueamiento (uncountable) The process of becoming or making (racially) white, such as increasing the white population of a region, encouraging interracial marriage with white people, or enforcing white cultural norms on a population. ==== Coordinate terms ==== whitewashing == Spanish == === Etymology === From 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 (the act of engaging in transactions designed to obscure the origin of money) (chocolate) bloom Racial blanqueamiento. === Further reading === “blanqueamiento”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025