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despoblación

Spanish, noun/despoblaˈθjon/

despoblación is spelled D-E-S-P-O-B-L-A-C-I-Ó-N (12 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish, the 44,034th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Despoblación is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “depopulation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Acción o efecto de despoblar”.

What does despoblación mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininedepopulation

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

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Acción o efecto de despoblar.

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 despoblación

  • despoblaciones plural

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

How do you pronounce despoblación?

  • /despoblaˈθjon/
  • [d̪es.po.β̞laˈθjõn]
  • /despoblaˈsjon/

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

How common is despoblación in Spanish?

despoblación appears about once in every 1 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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