adulteración
Spanish, noun/adulteɾaˈθjon/
adulteración is spelled A-D-U-L-T-E-R-A-C-I-Ó-N (12 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written Spanish, the 75,210th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Adulteración is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “adulteration (The action of adulterating)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Acción o efecto de adulterar (alterar, mezclar o sustituir de manera ilegal o fraudulenta la composición de…”.
What does adulteración mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineadulteration (The action of adulterating)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Acción o efecto de adulterar (alterar, mezclar o sustituir de manera ilegal o fraudulenta la composición de una sustancia, como el licor o la leche; falsificar, viciar).
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of adulteración
- adulteraciones plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce adulteración?
- /adulteɾaˈθjon/
- [a.ð̞ul̪.t̪e.ɾaˈθjõn]
- /adulteɾaˈsjon/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to adulteración
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is adulteración in Spanish?
adulteración appears about once in every 4 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).