discriminación
Spanish, noun/diskɾiminaˈθjon/
discriminación is spelled D-I-S-C-R-I-M-I-N-A-C-I-Ó-N (14 letters) and appears 18 times per million words in written Spanish, the 4,314th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Discriminación is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “discrimination” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Separación o distinción efectuada entre una cosa y otra”.
What does discriminación mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininediscrimination
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Separación o distinción efectuada entre una cosa y otra. 2. Trato diferente a favor (discriminación positiva) o en contra de una persona, basado en el grupo racial, sexual, religioso, político, económico, de edad etc. y no en las cualidades individuales de la misma.
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 discriminación
- discriminaciones plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce discriminación?
- /diskɾiminaˈθjon/
- [d̪is.kɾi.mi.naˈθjõn]
- /diskɾiminaˈsjon/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to discriminación
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is discriminación in Spanish?
discriminación appears 18 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).