corrosión

See also: corrosion

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin corrōsiōnem, from Latin corrōdō (“to gnaw, to erode”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /koroˈsjon/ [ko.roˈsjõn]
• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: co‧rro‧sión

Noun

corrosión f (plural corrosiones)

1. corrosion (the act of corroding)
2. (chemistry) corrosion (erosion produced by chemical action)

Derived terms

• tribocorrosión

 

Related terms

• corroer

 

Further reading

• “corrosión”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014