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