reducción

See also: reduccion

Galician

Alternative forms

• redución
• reducçom, reduçom, redução (reintegrationist)

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin reductio, reductionem.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /redukˈθjoŋ/ [re.ð̞ukˈθjoŋ]

• IPA^(key): (standard) /redukˈθjoŋ/ [re.ð̞ukˈθjoŋ]
• IPA^(key): (seseo) /redukˈsjoŋ/ [re.ð̞ukˈsjoŋ]

• Rhymes: -oŋ
• Hyphenation: re‧duc‧ción

Noun

reducción f (plural reduccións)

1. reduction

Further reading

• “redución”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026
• “reducción” in DIGALEGO - Dicionario de Galego, Ir Indo 2004, Xunta de Galicia 2013.

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin reductiōnem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /reduɡˈθjon/ [re.ð̞uɣ̞ˈθjõn] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /reduɡˈsjon/ [re.ð̞uɣ̞ˈsjõn] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: re‧duc‧ción

Noun

reducción f (plural reducciones)

1. reduction

   Synonym: rebaja

2. (historical) in Spanish America, a settlement created to assimilate and convert the indigenous population

Related terms

• reducir

Further reading

• “reducción”, 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