reducción

See also: reduccion

Galician

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin reductio, reductionem.

Noun

reducción f (plural reduccións)

  1. reduction

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin reductiōnem.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /reduɡˈθjon/ [re.ð̞uɣ̞ˈθjõn] (Spain)
  • IPA(key): /reduɡˈsjon/ [re.ð̞uɣ̞ˈsjõn] (Latin America, Philippines)
  • Rhymes: -on
  • Syllabification: re‧duc‧ción

Noun

reducción f (plural reducciones)

  1. reduction
    Synonym: rebaja
  2. (historical) in Spanish America, a settlement created to assimilate and convert the indigenous population

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