vegetación

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin vegetātiōnem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bexetaˈθjon/ [be.xe.t̪aˈθjõn] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /bexetaˈsjon/ [be.xe.t̪aˈsjõn] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: ve‧ge‧ta‧ción

Noun

vegetación f (plural vegetaciones)

1. vegetation
2. (chiefly in the plural) adenoid, ellipsis of vegetación adenoidea

   Synonym: adenoide

Related terms

• vegetar

Further reading

• “vegetación”, 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