aprehensión

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin apprehēnsiōnem.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /apɾeenˈsjon/
  • Rhymes: -on
  • Syllabification: a‧pre‧hen‧sión

Noun

aprehensión f (plural aprehensiones)

  1. apprehension
    • 2015 July 19, “El dólar, la obsesión de Argentina”, in El País:
      El relato —que puede verse en Youtube— relaciona esa aprehensión a la moneda estadounidense con un potencial delirio de grandeza generalizado y hasta con el anhelo de ‘hacer guita’ sin trabajar demasiado.
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