protección
Spanish, noun/pɾoteɡˈθjon/
protección is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “protection” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Acción o efecto de proteger”.
What does protección mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineprotection
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 proteger.
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 protección
- protecciones plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce protección?
- /pɾoteɡˈθjon/
- [pɾo.t̪eɣ̞ˈθjõn]
- /pɾoteɡˈsjon/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to protección
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is protección in Spanish?
protección appears 83 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).