socavación
Spanish, noun/sokabaˈθjon/
socavación is spelled S-O-C-A-V-A-C-I-Ó-N (10 letters) and appears about once in every 34 million words in written Spanish, the 208,740th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Socavación is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “undermining (erosion under a structure caused by water)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does socavación mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineundermining (erosion under a structure caused by water)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of socavación
- socavaciones plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce socavación?
- /sokabaˈθjon/
- [so.ka.β̞aˈθjõn]
- /sokabaˈsjon/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is socavación in Spanish?
socavación appears about once in every 34 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).