deformidad

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dēfōrmitātem (“deformity, ugliness”), from dēfōrmis (“deformed, ugly”) + -itās, from dē + fōrma (“shape, form”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /defoɾmiˈdad/ [d̪e.foɾ.miˈð̞að̞]
• Rhymes: -ad
• Syllabification: de‧for‧mi‧dad

Noun

deformidad f (plural deformidades)

1. deformity

Further reading

• “deformidad”, 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