vegetación
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin vegetātiōnem.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bexetaˈθjon/ [be.xe.t̪aˈθjõn] (Spain)
- IPA(key): /bexetaˈsjon/ [be.xe.t̪aˈsjõn] (Latin America, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -on
- Syllabification: ve‧ge‧ta‧ción
Noun
vegetación f (plural vegetaciones)
- vegetation
- (chiefly in the plural) adenoid, ellipsis of vegetación adenoidea
- Synonym: adenoide
Related terms
Further reading
- “vegetación”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024