decepción
Spanish, noun/deθebˈθjon/
decepción is spelled D-E-C-E-P-C-I-Ó-N (9 letters) and appears 9.3 times per million words in written Spanish, the 7,527th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Decepción is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “disappointment, let-down” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Dolor provocado por un desengaño”.
What does decepción mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininedisappointment, let-down
- 2
femininedisillusionment
- 3
colloquialfemininebummer
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Dolor provocado por un desengaño. 2. Frustración, desencanto o desilusión.
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 decepción
- decepciones plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce decepción?
- /deθebˈθjon/
- [d̪e.θeβ̞ˈθjõn]
- /desebˈsjon/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to decepción
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is decepción in Spanish?
decepción appears 9.3 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).