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Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin involūtiō.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /imboluˈθjon/
- IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /imboluˈsjon/
- Rhymes: -on
- Syllabification: in‧vo‧lu‧ción
Noun
involución f (plural involuciones)
- (figurative) regression
- Synonym: retroceso
2015 December, “Azzini ante la historia”, in El Pais (Uruguay):A partir de 1875 comienza la involución con la primera ley proteccionista, el curso forzoso de la moneda y el primer default de deuda pública que realizó la dictadura que derrocó al gobierno de Ellauri.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (physiology) involution (egressive changes in the body occurring with old age)
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