opresión

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₁óp(i)

Proto-Italic *op

Latin ob

Latin ob-

Proto-Indo-European *per-?

Proto-Indo-European *pres-der.

Proto-Italic *pres-

Latin premō

Latin opprimō

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Proto-Indo-European *-Hō

Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō

Proto-Italic *-tiō

Latin -tiō

Latin oppressiōnembor.

Spanish opresión

Borrowed from Latin oppressiōnem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /opɾeˈsjon/ [o.pɾeˈsjõn]
• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: o‧pre‧sión

Noun

opresión f (plural opresiones)

1. oppression

   Synonym: constreñimiento

Related terms

• opresivo
• opreso
• opresor
• oprimir

Further reading

• “opresión”, 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