subducción
Spanish, noun[suβ̞ð̞ukˈsjõn]
subducción is spelled S-U-B-D-U-C-C-I-Ó-N (10 letters) and appears about once in every 11 million words in written Spanish, the 123,873rd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Subducción is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “subduction” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Proceso de hundimiento de una placa litosférica oceánica densa dentro de una placa litosférica continental…”.
What does subducción mean in English?
noun
- 1
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Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Proceso de hundimiento de una placa litosférica oceánica densa dentro de una placa litosférica continental menos densa, produciendo terremotos o erupciones volcánicas.
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 subducción
- subducciones plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce subducción?
- [suβ̞ð̞ukˈsjõn]
- [suβ̞ð̞uksiˈõn]
- [suβ̞ð̞ukˈθjõn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to subducción
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is subducción in Spanish?
subducción appears about once in every 11 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).