deyección

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dēiectiōnem.

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): /deʃeɡˈsjon/ [d̪e.ʃeɣ̞ˈsjõn] (Buenos Aires and environs)
  • IPA(key): /deʒeɡˈsjon/ [d̪e.ʒeɣ̞ˈsjõn] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

  • Rhymes: -on
  • Syllabification: de‧yec‧ción

Noun

deyección f (plural deyecciones)

  1. defecation
    Synonyms: defecación, deposición, egestión, evacuación
  2. (in the plural) excrement
    Synonyms: deshecho, excremento, hez, materia fecal
  3. (geology) ejecta

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