degeneración

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin degenerātiōnem; degenerar +‎ -ción; cognate with Galician dexeneración and Portuguese degeneração.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /dexeneɾaˈθjon/
  • IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /dexeneɾaˈsjon/
  • Rhymes: -on
  • Syllabification: de‧ge‧ne‧ra‧ción

Noun

degeneración f (plural degeneraciones)

  1. degeneration (in all senses)
  2. degeneration, degeneracy (the process or state of growing worse, or the state of having become worse)

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