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depresión

Spanish, noun/depɾeˈsjon/

depresión is spelled D-E-P-R-E-S-I-Ó-N (9 letters) and appears 21 times per million words in written Spanish, the 3,767th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Depresión is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “depression” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Síndrome o conjunto de síntomas que incluyen baja autoestima, desesperanza, apatía, desinterés de las cosas y…”.

What does depresión mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininedepression

  2. 2

    femininedepression (area of low air pressure)

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Síndrome o conjunto de síntomas que incluyen baja autoestima, desesperanza, apatía, desinterés de las cosas y de los demás, dolores corporales, etc. 2. Concavidad o extensión de terreno de menor altitud que el que la rodea. 3. Periodo continuado de recesión.

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 depresión

  • depresiones plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce depresión?

  • /depɾeˈsjon/
  • [d̪e.pɾeˈsjõn]
  • [d̪epɾeˈsjõn]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to depresión

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is depresión in Spanish?

depresión appears 21 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).

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