Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

reconcentrado

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: recon-cen-tra-do
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

In Cuba, the Philippines, etc., during the revolution of 1895-98, one of the rural noncombatants who were concentrated by the military authorities in areas surrounding the fortified towns, and later were reconcentrated in the smaller limits of the towns themselves.

Etymology

From Spanish reconcentrado.

Origin

Source language: Spanish

Word Breakdown

Root: reconcentrado

Inflected Forms

reconcentrados (plural)

Questions

What does reconcentrado mean?: In Cuba, the Philippines, etc., during the revolution of 1895-98, one of the rural noncombatants who were concentrated by the military authorities in areas surrounding the fortified towns, and later were reconcentrated in the smaller limits of the towns themselves.
Where does reconcentrado come from?: It is traced to Spanish.

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