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Galician
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin persecūtiōnem.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (standard) /peɾsɛkuˈθjoŋ/
- IPA(key): (seseo) /peɾsɛkuˈsjoŋ/
- Rhymes: -oŋ
- Hyphenation: per‧se‧cu‧ción
Noun
persecución f (plural persecucións)
- persecution
Further reading
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin persecūtiōnem.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /peɾsekuˈθjon/
- IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /peɾsekuˈsjon/
- Rhymes: -on
- Syllabification: per‧se‧cu‧ción
Noun
persecución f (plural persecuciones)
- persecution
- chase
- paranoia, persecution complex
- Synonym: paranoia
Derived terms
Further reading