degeneración

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin degenerātiōnem; degenerar +‎ -ción; cognate with Galician dexeneración and Portuguese degeneração.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dexeneɾaˈθjon/ [d̪e.xe.ne.ɾaˈθjõn] (Spain)
  • IPA(key): /dexeneɾaˈsjon/ [d̪e.xe.ne.ɾaˈsjõn] (Latin America, Philippines)
  • Rhymes: -on
  • Syllabification: de‧ge‧ne‧ra‧ción

Noun

degeneración f (plural degeneraciones)

  1. degeneration (in all senses)
  2. degeneration, degeneracy (the process or state of growing worse, or the state of having become worse)

Further reading

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