extorsión
Spanish, noun/eɡstoɾˈsjon/
extorsión is spelled E-X-T-O-R-S-I-Ó-N (9 letters) and appears 3.7 times per million words in written Spanish, the 14,777th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Extorsión is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “extortion” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Presión ejercida por medio de amenazas, difamación o daño que se realiza para obtener dinero generalmente”.
What does extorsión mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineextortion
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Presión ejercida por medio de amenazas, difamación o daño que se realiza para obtener dinero generalmente.
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 extorsión
- extorsiones plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce extorsión?
- /eɡstoɾˈsjon/
- [eɣ̞s.t̪oɾˈsjõn]
- [ekst̪oɾˈsjõn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to extorsión
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is extorsión in Spanish?
extorsión appears 3.7 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).