deflación
Spanish, noun/deflaˈθjon/
deflación is spelled D-E-F-L-A-C-I-Ó-N (9 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish, the 52,742nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Deflación is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “deflation (a decrease in the general price level, that is, in the nominal cost of goods and services as well as wages)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Decremento general, sostenido (mínimamente dos semestres, según el Fondo Monetario Internacional), del nivel…”.
What does deflación mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininedeflation (a decrease in the general price level, that is, in the nominal cost of goods and services as well as wages)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Decremento general, sostenido (mínimamente dos semestres, según el Fondo Monetario Internacional), del nivel de precios de bienes y servicios. 2. Remoción de clásticos (partículas sólidas) por acción del viento.
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 deflación
- deflaciones plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce deflación?
- /deflaˈθjon/
- [d̪e.flaˈθjõn]
- /deflaˈsjon/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to deflación
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is deflación in Spanish?
deflación appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).