circunscripción

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin circumscrīptiōnem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /θiɾkunskɾibˈθjon/ [θiɾ.kũns.kɾiβ̞ˈθjõn] (Spain)
• IPA^(key): /siɾkunskɾibˈsjon/ [siɾ.kũns.kɾiβ̞ˈsjõn] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: cir‧cuns‧crip‧ción

Noun

circunscripción f (plural circunscripciones)

1. circumscription
2. constituency

Further reading

• “circunscripción”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10