endurecimiento

hardening, tightening

noun en-doo-reh-SYEHN-toh Rare

Usage Note

Endurecimiento is a deverbal noun from endurecer (to harden). It is used in physical contexts (endurecimiento de las arterias, arterial hardening) and policy contexts (endurecimiento de las sanciones, tightening of sanctions). The stem-change verb endurecer belongs to the -ecer class (c→zc before o/a). The opposite is ablandamiento (softening).

Examples

"El endurecimiento de las normas fue necesario."

Natural Translation

The tightening of the rules was necessary.

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