desnaturalización

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Spanish desnaturalizar

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Proto-Indo-European *-Hō

Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō

Proto-Italic *-tiō

Latin -tiō

Latin -ōnem

Latin -tiōnemlbor.

Spanish -ción

Spanish desnaturalización

From desnaturalizar + -ción.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /desnatuɾaliθaˈθjon/ [d̪ez.na.t̪u.ɾa.li.θaˈθjõn] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /desnatuɾalisaˈsjon/ [d̪ez.na.t̪u.ɾa.li.saˈsjõn] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: des‧na‧tu‧ra‧li‧za‧ción

Noun

desnaturalización f (plural desnaturalizaciones)

1. (biochemistry) denaturation

Further reading

• “desnaturalización”, 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