irritación

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Latin irrītō

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Proto-Indo-European *-Hō

Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō

Proto-Italic *-tiō

Latin -tiō

Latin irrītātiōnembor.

Spanish irritación

Borrowed from Latin irrītātiōnem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iritaˈθjon/ [i.ri.t̪aˈθjõn] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /iritaˈsjon/ [i.ri.t̪aˈsjõn] (Latin America, Philippines)

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• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: i‧rri‧ta‧ción

Noun

irritación f (plural irritaciones)

1. annoyance; irritation

Related terms

• irritar

Further reading

• “irritación”, 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