abstracción

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin abstractiōnem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /abstɾaɡˈθjon/ [aβ̞s.t̪ɾaɣ̞ˈθjõn]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /abstɾaɡˈsjon/ [aβ̞s.t̪ɾaɣ̞ˈsjõn]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: abs‧trac‧ción

Noun

abstracción f (plural abstracciones)

1. abstractedness, absentmindedness
2. abstraction

Related terms

• abstracto
• abstraer

 

Further reading

• “abstracción”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16