infección

/infeɡˈθjon/ · B1 · noun · f

infection

🦠 infección = infection; -ción is Spanish for English -tion

From Latin infectio, from inficere, to stain or taint. Swap English -tion for -ción and you have the Spanish word. The stress falls on the last syllable: in-fec-CIÓN.

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