succión

See also: succion

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin sūctiōnem, attested since Late Latin and derived from sūgō (“to suck”). According to Coromines and Pascual, first attested in 1615, in a text by the medical writer Juan Sorapán de Rieros.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /suɡˈθjon/ [suɣ̞ˈθjõn] (Spain)
  • IPA(key): /suɡˈsjon/ [suɣ̞ˈsjõn] (Latin America, Philippines)
  • Rhymes: -on
  • Syllabification: suc‧ción

Noun

succión f (plural succiones)

  1. suction

Derived terms

Further reading

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