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Goodwill and Intangible Assets, Net - Summary Of Operating Segments Presenting Impairment Charges Or Relative Impairment Risk (Parenthetical) (Detail) | 12 Months Ended |
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Dec. 31, 2021 | Dec. 31, 2020 | Dec. 31, 2019 | Sep. 30, 2020
Disclosure Of Operating Segments Presenting Impairment Charges Or Relative Impairment Risk [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Discount rate applied to cash flow projections |  |  |  | 7.80% | 7.70%
Growth rate used to extrapolate cash flow projections |  |  | 2.50% | 2.00% |
Weighted average Operating EBITDA multiple |  | 11.5 | 11.5 | 11.5 |
Operating segments [member] |  |  |  |  |
Disclosure Of Operating Segments Presenting Impairment Charges Or Relative Impairment Risk [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Weighted average Operating EBITDA multiple |  | 11.5 |  |  |
United States [member] |  |  |  |  |
Disclosure Of Operating Segments Presenting Impairment Charges Or Relative Impairment Risk [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Discount rate applied to cash flow projections |  | 7.20% | 7.30% | 7.80% |
Growth rate used to extrapolate cash flow projections | [1] | 2.00% | 2.00% | 2.50% |
United States [member] | Operating segments [member] |  |  |  |  |
Disclosure Of Operating Segments Presenting Impairment Charges Or Relative Impairment Risk [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Discount rate applied to cash flow projections |  | 1.00% |  |  |
Spain [member] |  |  |  |  |
Disclosure Of Operating Segments Presenting Impairment Charges Or Relative Impairment Risk [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Discount rate applied to cash flow projections |  | 7.60% | 7.70% | 8.30% |
Growth rate used to extrapolate cash flow projections | [1] | 1.50% | 1.50% | 1.60% |
Spain [member] | Operating segments [member] |  |  |  |  |
Disclosure Of Operating Segments Presenting Impairment Charges Or Relative Impairment Risk [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Discount rate applied to cash flow projections |  | 1.00% |  |  |
Growth rate used to extrapolate cash flow projections |  | 1.00% |  |  |
[1] | The long-term growth rates are generally based on projections issued by the International Monetary Fund (“IMF”).

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