combustión
Spanish, noun/kombusˈtjon/
combustión is spelled C-O-M-B-U-S-T-I-Ó-N (10 letters) and appears 3.3 times per million words in written Spanish, the 16,033rd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Combustión is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “combustion” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Reacción química en la que un elemento combustible se combina con otro comburente (generalmente oxígeno en…”.
What does combustión mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecombustion
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Reacción química en la que un elemento combustible se combina con otro comburente (generalmente oxígeno en forma de O2 gaseoso), desprendiendo calor y en ocasiones también luz y produciendo un óxido.
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 combustión
- combustiones plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce combustión?
- /kombusˈtjon/
- [kõm.busˈt̪jõn]
- [kõmbusˈt̪jõn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to combustión
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is combustión in Spanish?
combustión appears 3.3 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).