compunción
Spanish, noun/kompunˈθjon/
compunción is spelled C-O-M-P-U-N-C-I-Ó-N (10 letters) and appears about once in every 85 million words in written Spanish, the 317,902nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Compunción is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “compunction” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Sentimiento o dolor de haber cometido un pecado”.
What does compunción mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecompunction
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Sentimiento o dolor de haber cometido un pecado. 2. Sentimiento que causa el dolor ajeno.
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 compunción
- compunciones plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce compunción?
- /kompunˈθjon/
- [kõm.pũn̟ˈθjõn]
- /kompunˈsjon/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to compunción
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is compunción in Spanish?
compunción appears about once in every 85 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).