demolición

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *de

Proto-Indo-European *-h₁

Proto-Indo-European *déh₁

Proto-Italic *dē

Latin dē

Latin dē-

Latin mōlēs

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.

Proto-Italic *-ājō

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin -ō

Latin mōlior

Latin dēmōlior

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Proto-Indo-European *-Hō

Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō

Proto-Italic *-tiō

Latin -tiō

Latin dēmōlītiōnemder.

Spanish demolición

Derived from Latin dēmōlītiōnem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /demoliˈθjon/ [d̪e.mo.liˈθjõn] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /demoliˈsjon/ [d̪e.mo.liˈsjõn] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: de‧mo‧li‧ción

Noun

demolición f (plural demoliciones)

1. demolition

Derived terms

• bola de demolición

Related terms

• demoler

Further reading

• “demolición”, 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