aflicción
See also: afliccion
Spanish
Etymology
Inherited from Old Spanish aflicion~affliccion, borrowed from Latin afflīctiōnem. The modern word could also have been reborrowed from Latin.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /afliɡˈθjon/ [a.fliɣ̞ˈθjõn] (Spain)
- IPA(key): /afliɡˈsjon/ [a.fliɣ̞ˈsjõn] (Latin America, Philippines)
Audio (Venezuela): (file) - Rhymes: -on
- Syllabification: a‧flic‧ción
Noun
aflicción f (plural aflicciones)
- affliction
- sorrow
- Synonyms: dolor, pesadumbre
Related terms
Further reading
- “aflicción”, 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