inyección

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin iniectiōnem.

Pronunciation

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

 

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

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

• 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), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16