flexión
Spanish, noun/fleɡˈsjon/
flexión is spelled F-L-E-X-I-Ó-N (7 letters) and appears 1.2 times per million words in written Spanish, the 31,236th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Flexión is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “inflection (a change in the form of a word that reflects a change in grammatical function)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Acción y efecto de flexionar o flexionarse, doblando el cuerpo o una parte de él”.
What does flexión mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineinflection (a change in the form of a word that reflects a change in grammatical function)
- 2
femininecurl; exercise performed by flexing a joint on the exertion
- 3
femininepush-up (ellipsis of flexión de codos)
- 4
femininesquat (ellipsis of flexión de piernas)
- 5
femininebending (of a body part)
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 flexionar o flexionarse, doblando el cuerpo o una parte de él. 2. Deformación que una fuerza ejerce sobre un sólido elástico. 3. Alteración que experimenta una palabra para indicar diversos aspectos gramaticales, como el modo y tiempo en los verbos o el número y caso en los sustantivos. 4. Movimiento que reduce el ángulo de alguna articulación a lo largo del plano sagital.
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 flexión
- flexiones plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce flexión?
- /fleɡˈsjon/
- [fleɣ̞ˈsjõn]
- [flekˈsjõn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to flexión
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is flexión in Spanish?
flexión appears 1.2 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).