contención
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Spanish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): (Spain) /kontenˈθjon/ [kõn̪.t̪ẽn̟ˈθjõn]
- IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /kontenˈsjon/ [kõn̪.t̪ẽnˈsjõn]
- Rhymes: -on
- Syllabification: con‧ten‧ción
Etymology 1
[edit]Noun
[edit]contención f (plural contenciones)
- act of holding back
- self-control
- Synonyms: autocontrol, autodominio
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[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]Borrowed from Latin contentiōnem.
Noun
[edit]contención f (plural contenciones)
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[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “contención”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014