disuasión

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Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /diswaˈsjon/
  • Rhymes: -on
  • Syllabification: di‧sua‧sión

Noun

disuasión f (plural disuasiones)

  1. dissuasion
    • 2015 August 2, “Cuanta menos luz gasta más paga usted en el recibo”, in El País:
      Una política racional de precios procuraría que pagasen más (en términos relativos) los que más gastan, porque eso es lo que dicen los manuales de economía y porque de esa manera podría buscarse una disuasión del consumo.
      A rational pricing policy would ensure that those who spend the most would pay more (in relative terms), because that is what the economics manuals say and because in this way a deterrent to consumption could be sought.

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