represión
Spanish, noun/repɾeˈsjon/
represión is spelled R-E-P-R-E-S-I-Ó-N (9 letters) and appears 19 times per million words in written Spanish, the 4,150th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Represión is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “repression” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Acción o efecto de reprimir”.
What does represión mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininerepression
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 reprimir. 2. Acción o efecto de represar. 3. Acción ejercida, generalmente desde el poder, para neutralizar, detener, eliminar, etc. de forma violenta a los colectivos discrepantes u opositores de la política o de la sociedad.
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 represión
- represiones plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce represión?
- /repɾeˈsjon/
- [re.pɾeˈsjõn]
- [repɾeˈsjõn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to represión
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is represión in Spanish?
represión appears 19 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).