abstención

Borrowed from Late Latin abstentiōnem, from Latin abstentus, from abstineō.

• IPA^(key): /abstenˈθjon/ [aβ̞s.t̪ẽn̟ˈθjõn] (Spain)
• IPA^(key): /abstenˈsjon/ [aβ̞s.t̪ẽnˈsjõn] (Latin America, Philippines)

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• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: abs‧ten‧ción

abstención f (plural abstenciones)

1. abstention

• “abstención”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024