degeneración

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin degenerātiōnem; degenerar +‎ -ción; cognate with Galician dexeneración and Portuguese degeneração.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dexeneɾaˈθjon/ [d̪e.xe.ne.ɾaˈθjõn] (Spain, Equatorial Guinea)
• IPA^(key): /dexeneɾaˈsjon/ [d̪e.xe.ne.ɾaˈsjõn] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: de‧ge‧ne‧ra‧ción

Noun

degeneración f (plural degeneraciones)

1. degeneration (in all senses)
2. degeneration, degeneracy (the process or state of growing worse, or the state of having become worse)

Related terms

• degenerar
• generación

Further reading

• “degeneración”, 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