prescripción
Spanish
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Latin praescrībō
Spanish prescripción
Learned borrowing from Latin praescriptiōnem.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /pɾeskɾibˈθjon/ [pɾes.kɾiβ̞ˈθjõn] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
- IPA(key): /pɾeskɾibˈsjon/ [pɾes.kɾiβ̞ˈsjõn] (Latin America, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -on
- Syllabification: pres‧crip‧ción
Noun
[edit]prescripción f (plural prescripciones)
- prescription; mandate or guidance.
- 1915, Julio Vicuña Cifuentes, Mitos y Supersticiones Recogidos de la Tradición Oral Chilena, page 54:
- Entonces da principio a la consulta, incliando la cabeza hacia el lado en que está el Duende, para oir mejor las prescripciones que éste le da y que ella repite puntualmente al que se las demanda.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Usage notes
[edit]Prescripción does not typically refer to a pharmaceutical prescription; for this receta is typically used
Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “prescripción”, 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
Categories:
- Spanish terms derived from Latin
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- Spanish terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *preh₂-
- Spanish terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *(s)ker- (cut)
- Spanish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
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- Spanish terms derived from Proto-Italic
- Spanish terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *(s)kreybʰ-
- Spanish terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *per- (before)
- Spanish 3-syllable words
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- Rhymes:Spanish/on
- Rhymes:Spanish/on/3 syllables
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