defecación

Spanish

Etymology

From Late Latin dēfaecātiōnem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /defekaˈθjon/ [d̪e.fe.kaˈθjõn] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /defekaˈsjon/ [d̪e.fe.kaˈsjõn] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: de‧fe‧ca‧ción

Noun

defecación f (plural defecaciones)

1. defecation

Related terms

• defecar

Further reading

• “defecación”, 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