Feminine

traición

Meaning

  1. (feminine) treason
  2. (feminine) treachery

Frequency

B2
Hyphenated as
trai‧ción
Pronounced as (IPA)
/tɾaiˈθjon/
Etymology

In summary

A semi-learned form, using the borrowed suffix -ción, and based on the stem of the Old Spanish form trayçón, from Latin trāditiōnem (or formed from the Old Spanish verb traer, itself from Latin trādere, and the suffix -ción); compare Catalan traïció, cf. also French trahison, Italian tradigione. Doublet of the more recent borrowing tradición.

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