corrupción
Asturian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin corruptiō, corruptiōnem. Cognate with Catalan corrupció.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /korubˈθjon/, [ko.ruβ̞ˈθjõŋ]
Noun
corrupción f (plural corrupciones)
- corruption (act of corrupting)
Related terms
- corromper
Galician
Etymology
From Latin corruptiō, corruptiōnem.
Noun
corrupción f (plural corrupcións)
- corruption
Related terms
- corromper
Further reading
- “corrupción” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin corruptiō, corruptiōnem. Cognate with Catalan corrupció.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /korubˈθjon/ [ko.ruβ̞ˈθjõn]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /korubˈsjon/ [ko.ruβ̞ˈsjõn]
- Rhymes: -on
- Syllabification: co‧rrup‧ción
Noun
corrupción f (plural corrupciones)
- corruption (the act of impairing integrity, virtue, or moral principle)
- Synonym: corruptela
- corruption, decay, rot
- Synonym: pudrición
- corruption (the act of changing for the worse)
Derived terms
- anticorrupción
Related terms
- corrupto
- corromper
Further reading
- “corrupción”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014