monoptongación
Spanish, noun/monobtonɡaˈθjon/
monoptongación is spelled M-O-N-O-P-T-O-N-G-A-C-I-Ó-N (14 letters) and appears about once in every 95 million words in written Spanish, the 335,022nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Monoptongación is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “monophthongization” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Proceso fonético de cambio de pronunciación de dos vocoides separados, así que se articulen como uno”.
What does monoptongación mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemonophthongization
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Proceso fonético de cambio de pronunciación de dos vocoides separados, así que se articulen como uno.
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 monoptongación
- monoptongaciones plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce monoptongación?
- /monobtonɡaˈθjon/
- [mo.noβ̞.t̪õŋ.ɡaˈθjõn]
- /monobtonɡaˈsjon/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is monoptongación in Spanish?
monoptongación appears about once in every 95 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).