reducción

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Galician

[edit]

Etymology

[edit]

Learned borrowing from Latin reductio, reductionem.

Noun

[edit]

reducción f (plural reduccións)

  1. reduction

Spanish

[edit]

Etymology

[edit]

Borrowed from Latin reductiōnem.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

[edit]

reducción f (plural reducciones)

  1. reduction
    Synonym: rebaja
  2. (historical) in Spanish America, a settlement created to assimilate and convert the indigenous population
[edit]

Further reading

[edit]