defección

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin dēfectiōnem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /defeɡˈθjon/ [d̪e.feɣ̞ˈθjõn]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /defeɡˈsjon/ [d̪e.feɣ̞ˈsjõn]
• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: de‧fec‧ción

Noun

defección f (plural defecciones)

1. defection

Further reading

• “defección”, 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