transpiración

Galician

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin transpiratio, transpirationem, from transpiro, from Latin trans + spiro.

Noun

transpiración f (uncountable)

  1. act of perspiration; sweating
  2. (botany) transpiration

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin trānspirātiōnem, from transpiro, from Latin trāns + spiro.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tɾanspiɾaˈθjon/ [t̪ɾãns.pi.ɾaˈθjõn] (Spain)
  • IPA(key): /tɾanspiɾaˈsjon/ [t̪ɾãns.pi.ɾaˈsjõn] (Latin America, Philippines)
  • Rhymes: -on
  • Syllabification: trans‧pi‧ra‧ción

Noun

transpiración f (uncountable)

  1. transpiration
  2. perspiration, sweating
    Synonym: sudoración

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