inyección

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin iniectiōnem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /inʝeɡˈθjon/ [ĩɲ.ɟ͡ʝeɣ̞ˈθjõn] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /inʝeɡˈsjon/ [ĩɲ.ɟ͡ʝeɣ̞ˈsjõn] (most of Latin America, Philippines)

 

• IPA^(key): /inʃeɡˈsjon/ [ĩnʲ.ʃeɣ̞ˈsjõn] (Latin America, Philippines)

• IPA^(key): /inʃeɡˈsjon/ [ĩnʲ.ʃeɣ̞ˈsjõn] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /inʒeɡˈsjon/ [ĩnʲ.ʒeɣ̞ˈsjõn] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: in‧yec‧ción

Noun

inyección f (plural inyecciones)

1. injection

   Synonym: piquete

Derived terms

• bomba de inyección

Related terms

• inyectar

Further reading

• “inyección”, 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