abyección

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin abiectiōnem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /abʝeɡˈθjon/ [aβ̞.ʝeɣ̞ˈθjõn]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /abʝeɡˈsjon/ [aβ̞.ʝeɣ̞ˈsjõn]

 

• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /abʃeɡˈsjon/ [aβ̞.ʃeɣ̞ˈsjõn]

• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /abʃeɡˈsjon/ [aβ̞.ʃeɣ̞ˈsjõn]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /abʒeɡˈsjon/ [aβ̞.ʒeɣ̞ˈsjõn]

• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: ab‧yec‧ción

Noun

abyección f (plural abyecciones)

1. abjection, abjectness

   Synonym: abatimiento

2. humiliation

   Synonym: humillación

3. depravity, turpitude

   Synonym: depravación

4. vileness, wretchedness

   Synonym: vileza

Related terms

• abyecto

 

Further reading

• “abyección”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16