fricción

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *bʰreyH-

Proto-Indo-European *bʰriH-o-s

Proto-Italic *frios

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 friō

Latin -ic-

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Latin -ō

Latin -icō

Latin fricō

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Proto-Indo-European *-Hō

Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō

Proto-Italic *-tiō

Latin -tiō

Latin frictiōnemlbor.

Spanish fricción

Learned borrowing from Latin frictiōnem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɾiɡˈθjon/ [fɾiɣ̞ˈθjõn] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /fɾiɡˈsjon/ [fɾiɣ̞ˈsjõn] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: fric‧ción

Noun

fricción f (plural fricciones)

1. rub
2. friction

Derived terms

• fricción estática

Further reading

• “fricción”, 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