imprecación

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin imprecātiōnem.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /impɾekaˈθjon/
  • IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /impɾekaˈsjon/
  • Rhymes: -on
  • Syllabification: im‧pre‧ca‧ción

Noun

imprecación f (plural imprecaciones)

  1. imprecation, curse
    • 2015 July 23, ““¡Llévenselos al sur!””, in El País:
      El colmo de lo obtuso llega cuando los manifestantes aparecen en un camino sentados en sillas soltando imprecaciones contra los “ilegales” y en un momento determinado se escucha a uno de ellos decir en perfecto español “¡Llévenselos al sur!”
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