retaliación
Spanish, noun[ret̪aljaˈsjõn]
retaliación is spelled R-E-T-A-L-I-A-C-I-Ó-N (11 letters) and appears about once in every 9 million words in written Spanish, the 110,969th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Retaliación is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “retaliation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Acción de castigo o venganza a causa de una agresión o falta”.
What does retaliación mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineretaliation
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Acción de castigo o venganza a causa de una agresión o falta.
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 retaliación
- retaliaciones plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce retaliación?
- [ret̪aljaˈsjõn]
- [ret̪aljasiˈõn]
- [ret̪aljaˈθjõn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to retaliación
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is retaliación in Spanish?
retaliación appears about once in every 9 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).