involución
Spanish, noun/imboluˈθjon/
involución is spelled I-N-V-O-L-U-C-I-Ó-N (10 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish, the 51,418th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Involución is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “regression” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Función que es igual a su propia inversa”.
What does involución mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineregression
- 2
feminineinvolution (egressive changes in the body occurring with old age)
- 3
feminineinvolution
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 trancisionar hacia un estado anterior en el tiempo o mas antiguo, y generalmente peor. 2. Función que es igual a su propia inversa. 3. Retroceso de una especie a una forma más simple y primitiva. 4. Por extensión, cambios involutivos en el cuerpo que se dan en la vejez.
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 involución
- involuciones plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce involución?
- /imboluˈθjon/
- [ĩm.bo.luˈθjõn]
- /imboluˈsjon/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to involución
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is involución in Spanish?
involución appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).