prestidigitación

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /pɾestidixitaˈθjon/ [pɾes.t̪i.ð̞i.xi.t̪aˈθjõn]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /pɾestidixitaˈsjon/ [pɾes.t̪i.ð̞i.xi.t̪aˈsjõn]
• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: pres‧ti‧di‧gi‧ta‧ción

Noun

prestidigitación f (plural prestidigitaciones)

1. prestidigitation, sleight of hand, legerdemain (manual dexterity in the execution of tricks)

   Synonym: escamoteo

2. (figuratively) sleight of hand, legerdemain

Further reading

• “prestidigitación”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28