putrefacción

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin pūtrefactiōnem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /putɾefaɡˈθjon/ [pu.t̪ɾe.faɣ̞ˈθjõn]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /putɾefaɡˈsjon/ [pu.t̪ɾe.faɣ̞ˈsjõn]
• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: pu‧tre‧fac‧ción

Noun

putrefacción f (plural putrefacciones)

1. putrefaction

Related terms

• pudrir

 

Further reading

• “putrefacción”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28