quebrantamiento

== Spanish == === Etymology === From quebrantar + -miento. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kebɾantaˈmjento/ [ke.β̞ɾãn̪.t̪aˈmjẽn̪.t̪o] Rhymes: -ento Syllabification: que‧bran‧ta‧mien‧to === Noun === quebrantamiento m (plural quebrantamientos) brokenness, weakening breaking, violation (e.g. of law or rules, of a covenant or pact) breach, breaching (i.e. failure to perform some obligation) breakdown, disruption (of established social order) (literary) destruction === Further reading === “quebrantamiento”, 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