contaminación

Galician

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin contāminātiōnem.

Noun

contaminación f (plural contaminacións)

  1. contamination, pollution

Further reading

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin contāminātiōnem.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kontaminaˈθjon/ [kõn̪.t̪a.mi.naˈθjõn] (Spain)
  • IPA(key): /kontaminaˈsjon/ [kõn̪.t̪a.mi.naˈsjõn] (Latin America, Philippines)
  • Rhymes: -on
  • Syllabification: con‧ta‧mi‧na‧ción

Noun

contaminación f (plural contaminaciones)

  1. pollution; contamination
    Synonym: polución
    En las ciudades, hay mucha contaminación.
    In cities, there is lots of pollution.

Derived terms

Further reading

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