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recesión

Spanish, noun/reθeˈsjon/

recesión is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “recession” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Acción y efecto de retroceder”.

What does recesión mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininerecession

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 retroceder. 2. Reducción persistente de la actividad económica agregada en un ámbito determinado. 3. Acción o efecto de remitir un expediente o asunto a un magistrado.

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 recesión

  • recesiones plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce recesión?

  • /reθeˈsjon/
  • [re.θeˈsjõn]
  • /reseˈsjon/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to recesión

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is recesión in Spanish?

recesión appears 6.0 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).