fricción

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin frictiōnem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /fɾiɡˈθjon/ [fɾiɣ̞ˈθjõn]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /fɾiɡˈsjon/ [fɾiɣ̞ˈsjõn]
• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: fric‧ción

Noun

fricción f (plural fricciones)

1. rub
2. friction

Further reading

• “fricción”, 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