suciedad

Spanish

Alternative forms

• suziedat (obsolete)

Etymology

From sucio +‎ -edad; cognate with Galician sucidade, Portuguese sujidade.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /suθjeˈdad/ [su.θjeˈð̞að̞]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /susjeˈdad/ [su.sjeˈð̞að̞]

• Audio (Colombia):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ad
• Syllabification: su‧cie‧dad

Noun

suciedad f (plural suciedades)

1. dirt
2. dirtiness, filth
   • 2010, Manuel Segura Beneyto, Manipulador de comidas preparadas, Editorial Club Universitario, →ISBN, page 193:

     Además, para que sea realmente eficaz, debe ir acompañada de una desinfección de las superficies que se hayan limpiado previamente, para destruir los microorganismos que se asocian a la suciedad.

     In addition, in order to be really effective, it should be accompanied by the disinfection of previously cleaned surfaces, to destroy the microorganisms associated with dirtiness.

3. prurience; metaphorical dirtiness

Related terms

• sucio

 

Further reading

• “suciedad”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16