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corralito

corralito noun: the economic measures taken in Argentina at the end of 2001 by Minister of Economy Domingo Cavallo in order to stop a bank run.

Noun

corralito (uncountable)

  1. The economic measures taken in Argentina at the end of 2001 by Minister of Economy Domingo Cavallo in order to stop a bank run.

Origin of corralito

From Spanish corralito (literally “playpen”).

Questions about corralito

What does corralito mean?
Corralito means the economic measures taken in Argentina at the end of 2001 by Minister of Economy Domingo Cavallo in order to stop a bank run.
What part of speech is corralito?
Corralito is a noun.

Words near corralito in the dictionary

  1. corraler
  2. corralers
  3. Corrales
  4. Corraleses
  5. corraling
  6. corralito
  7. Corralitos
  8. corralled
  9. corralling
  10. corrals
  11. Corran

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