abyección

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin abiectiōnem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /abʝeɡˈθjon/ [aβ̞.ʝeɣ̞ˈθjõn] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)

 

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

• IPA^(key): /abʝeɡˈsjon/ [aβ̞.ʝeɣ̞ˈsjõn] (most of Latin America, Philippines)
• IPA^(key): /abʃeɡˈsjon/ [aβ̞.ʃeɣ̞ˈsjõn] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /abʒeɡˈsjon/ [aβ̞.ʒeɣ̞ˈsjõn] (elsewhere in Pampas and southern Argentina, Uruguay)

• 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 [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025