menstruación

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁

Proto-Indo-European *dwi-

Proto-Italic *dwi-

Latin bi-

Proto-Indo-European *meh₁-?

Proto-Indo-European *mḗh₁n̥s

Proto-Italic *mēns

Proto-Italic *mēnsis

Latin mēnsis

Latin -tris

Latin bimēnstrisbf.

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Latin annuusinflu.

Latin mēnstruumder.

Spanish menstruo

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

Old Spanish -ar

Spanish -ar

Spanish menstruar

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Proto-Indo-European *-Hō

Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō

Proto-Italic *-tiō

Latin -tiōnemlbor.

Spanish -ción

Spanish menstruación

From menstruar + -ción.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /menstɾwaˈθjon/ [mẽns.t̪ɾwaˈθjõn] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /menstɾwaˈsjon/ [mẽns.t̪ɾwaˈsjõn] (Latin America, Philippines)

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: mens‧trua‧ción

Noun

menstruación f (plural menstruaciones)

1. menstruation

   Synonyms: menstruo, regla, achaque

Further reading

• “menstruación”, 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