violación

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin violātiō, violātiōnem (“injury, profanation”), from violō (“I treat with violence; I maltreat; I violate, defile, profane”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bjolaˈθjon/, [bjo.laˈθjõŋ]
• Rhymes: -on
• Hyphenation: vio‧la‧ción

Noun

violación f (plural violaciones)

1. violation
2. rape (unconsented sex)

Galician

Alternative forms

• violaçom, violação (reintegrationist)

Etymology

From Latin violātiō, violātiōnem (“injury, profanation”), from violō (“I treat with violence; I maltreat; I violate, defile, profane”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /bjolaˈθjoŋ/ [bjo.laˈθjoŋ]

• IPA^(key): (standard) /bjolaˈθjoŋ/ [bjo.laˈθjoŋ]
• IPA^(key): (seseo) /bjolaˈsjoŋ/ [bjo.laˈsjoŋ]

• Rhymes: -oŋ
• Hyphenation: vio‧la‧ción

Noun

violación f (plural violacións)

1. violation
2. rape (unconsented sex)

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin violātiōnem (“injury, profanation”), from violō (“to treat with violence; to maltreat; to violate, defile, profane”). By surface analysis, violar +‎ -ción.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /bjolaˈθjon/ [bjo.laˈθjõn]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /bjolaˈsjon/ [bjo.laˈsjõn]
• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: vio‧la‧ción

Noun

violación f (plural violaciones)

1. violation
2. rape

   Synonym: estupro

Derived terms

• cultura de la violación
• kit de violación
• violación correctiva
• violación curativa

 

Related terms

• violador
• violar

 

Further reading

• “violación”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014