afección
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Learned borrowing from Latin affectiōnem. Doublet of afición, a semi-learned borrowing.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): (Spain) /afeɡˈθjon/ [a.feɣ̞ˈθjõn]
- IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /afeɡˈsjon/ [a.feɣ̞ˈsjõn]
- Rhymes: -on
- Syllabification: a‧fec‧ción
Noun
[edit]afección f (plural afecciones)
- a complaint (usually medical or legal)
- a medical condition, or disorder
- 1915, Julio Vicuña Cifuentes, Mitos y Supersticiones Recogidos de la Tradición Oral Chilena, page 312:
- La piedra bezar es un remedio excelente para la melancolía y las afecciones intestinales.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “afección”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
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