reacción
Spanish, noun/reaɡˈθjon/
reacción is spelled R-E-A-C-C-I-Ó-N (8 letters) and appears 38 times per million words in written Spanish, the 2,249th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Reacción is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “reaction” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Hecho o acción que se opone o resiste a otra, obrando en sentido contrario a ella”.
What does reacción mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininereaction
- 2
femininerecoil
- 3
femininereactionary political faction or movement
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Hecho o acción que se opone o resiste a otra, obrando en sentido contrario a ella. 2. Actitud que tiende a oponerse a las innovaciones. 3. Respuesta a un impulso o estímulo. 4. Composición química de dos o más elementos o sustancias para dar otra nueva.
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 reacción
- reacciones plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce reacción?
- /reaɡˈθjon/
- [re.aɣ̞ˈθjõn]
- /reaɡˈsjon/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to reacción
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is reacción in Spanish?
reacción appears 38 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).