persecución

Galician

Alternative forms

• persecuçom, persecução (reintegrationist)

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin persecūtiōnem.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /peɾsɛkuˈθjoŋ/ [peɾ.s̺ɛ.kuˈθjoŋ]

• IPA^(key): (standard) /peɾsɛkuˈθjoŋ/ [peɾ.s̺ɛ.kuˈθjoŋ]
• IPA^(key): (seseo) /peɾsɛkuˈsjoŋ/ [peɾ.sɛ.kuˈsjoŋ]

• Rhymes: -oŋ
• Hyphenation: per‧se‧cu‧ción

Noun

persecución f (plural persecucións)

1. persecution

Related terms

• perseguir

Further reading

• “persecución”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin persecūtiōnem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /peɾsekuˈθjon/ [peɾ.se.kuˈθjõn]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /peɾsekuˈsjon/ [peɾ.se.kuˈsjõn]
• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: per‧se‧cu‧ción

Noun

persecución f (plural persecuciones)

1. persecution
2. chase
3. paranoia, persecution complex

   Synonym: paranoia

Derived terms

• persecución equipos
• persecución individual

 

Related terms

• perseguido
• perseguidor
• perseguimento
• perseguir

 

Further reading

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