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despenalización

Spanish, noun/despenaliθaˈθjon/

despenalización is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “depenalization” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Acción y efecto de retirar la clasificación de delito o falta”.

What does despenalización mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininedepenalization

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

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Acción y efecto de retirar la clasificación de delito o falta.

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 despenalización

  • despenalizaciones plural

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

How do you pronounce despenalización?

  • /despenaliθaˈθjon/
  • [d̪es.pe.na.li.θaˈθjõn]
  • /despenalisaˈsjon/

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

How common is despenalización in Spanish?

despenalización appears 1.3 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).