deserción

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin desertiōnem, from Latin desertus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /deseɾˈθjon/ [d̪e.seɾˈθjõn] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /deseɾˈsjon/ [d̪e.seɾˈsjõn] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: de‧ser‧ción

Noun

deserción f (plural deserciones)

1. desertion

Related terms

• desertar

Further reading

• “deserción”, 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