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Spanish
Etymology
Calque of English sextortion, from a blend of sexo (“sex”) + extorsión (“extorsion”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /seɡstoɾˈsjon/
- Rhymes: -on
- Syllabification: sex‧tor‧sión
Noun
sextorsión f (plural sextorsiones)
- sextortion
References
- “Sextorsión, alternativa a sextortion”, in Fundéu (in Spanish), 2019 June 5