privación
Spanish, noun/pɾibaˈθjon/
privación is spelled P-R-I-V-A-C-I-Ó-N (9 letters) and appears 2.7 times per million words in written Spanish, the 18,462nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Privación is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “deprivation, privation, hardship” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Acción de despojar, impedir o privar”.
What does privación mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininedeprivation, privation, hardship
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Acción de despojar, impedir o privar. 2. Carencia o falta de una cosa en sujeto capaz de tenerla. 3. Pena con que se desposee a uno del empleo, cargo o dignidad que tenía, por un delito que se ha cometido. 4. Ausencia del bien que se apetece o desea.
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 privación
- privaciones plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce privación?
- /pɾibaˈθjon/
- [pɾi.β̞aˈθjõn]
- /pɾibaˈsjon/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to privación
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is privación in Spanish?
privación appears 2.7 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).