whitening, whitewashing, bleaching (the process of making something white or whiter); 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); bloom; racial blanqueamiento
Synonyms: blanqueo
Etymology tree Spanish blanco Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Latin -izō Latin -izāre Spanish -ear Spanish blanquear Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Late Latin -mentum Old Spanish -miento Spanish -miento Spanish blanqueamiento From blanquear + -miento.