perdición

Galician

Alternative forms

• perdiçom, perdição (reintegrationist)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /peɾdiˈθjoŋ/ [peɾ.ð̞iˈθjoŋ]

• IPA^(key): (standard) /peɾdiˈθjoŋ/ [peɾ.ð̞iˈθjoŋ]
• IPA^(key): (seseo) /peɾdiˈsjoŋ/ [peɾ.ð̞iˈsjoŋ]

• Rhymes: -oŋ
• Hyphenation: per‧di‧ción

Noun

perdición f (plural perdicións)

1. perdition

Further reading

• “perdición”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin perditiōnem. Cognate with English perdition.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /peɾdiˈθjon/ [peɾ.ð̞iˈθjõn]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /peɾdiˈsjon/ [peɾ.ð̞iˈsjõn]
• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: per‧di‧ción

Noun

perdición f (plural perdiciones)

1. doom, ruin, downfall, undoing, destruction, bane
2. (religion) perdition, damnation

Related terms

• perder

Further reading

• “perdición”, 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