dilapidación

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin dilapidatio.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /dilapidaˈθjon/ [d̪i.la.pi.ð̞aˈθjõn]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /dilapidaˈsjon/ [d̪i.la.pi.ð̞aˈsjõn]
• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: di‧la‧pi‧da‧ción

Noun

dilapidación f (plural dilapidaciones)

1. waste, profligacy

Related terms

• dilapidar

 

Further reading

• “dilapidación”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28