Feminine

violación

Meaning

  1. (feminine) violation
  2. (feminine) rape

Frequency

B2
Hyphenated as
vio‧la‧ción
Pronounced as (IPA)
/bjolaˈθjon/
Etymology

From Latin violātiōnem (“injury, profanation”), from violō (“to treat with violence; to maltreat; to violate, defile, profane”). By surface analysis, violar + -ción.

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