discreción
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See also: discrecion
Galician
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Pronunciation
Noun
discreción f (plural discrecións)
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Further reading
- “discreción”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin discretiōnem, from Latin discernō.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /diskɾeˈθjon/
- IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /diskɾeˈsjon/
- Rhymes: -on
- Syllabification: dis‧cre‧ción
Noun
discreción f (plural discreciones)
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Further reading
- “discreción”, 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