deyección

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dēiectiōnem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /deʝeɡˈθjon/ [d̪e.ʝeɣ̞ˈθjõn]

 

• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /deʝeɡˈsjon/ [d̪e.ʝeɣ̞ˈsjõn]

• IPA^(key): (most of Latin America, Philippines) /deʝeɡˈsjon/ [d̪e.ʝeɣ̞ˈsjõn]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /deʃeɡˈsjon/ [d̪e.ʃeɣ̞ˈsjõn]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /deʒeɡˈsjon/ [d̪e.ʒeɣ̞ˈsjõn]

• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: de‧yec‧ción

Noun

deyección f (plural deyecciones)

1. defecation

   Synonyms: defecación, deposición, egestión, evacuación

2. (in the plural) excrement

   Synonyms: deshecho, excremento, hez, materia fecal

3. (geology) ejecta

See also

• eyectar
• eyección f

Further reading

• “deyección”, 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