destrucción
/destɾuɡˈθjon/ · B1 · noun · f
destruction
💥 Cognate: Spanish -ción = English -tion, so destrucción = destruction
From Latin destructio, from de- (un-) + struere (to build), so it means un-building. Swap English -tion for -ción and stress the last syllable: des-truc-CIÓN. Like most -ción nouns, it is feminine: la destrucción.