drogodependencia
Spanish
Etymology
From droga + dependencia.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dɾoɡodepenˈdenθja/ [d̪ɾo.ɣ̞o.ð̞e.pẽn̪ˈd̪ẽn̟.θja] (Spain, Equatorial Guinea)
- IPA(key): /dɾoɡodepenˈdensja/ [d̪ɾo.ɣ̞o.ð̞e.pẽn̪ˈd̪ẽn.sja] (Latin America, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -enθja (Spain, Equatorial Guinea)
- Rhymes: -ensja (Latin America, Philippines)
- Syllabification: dro‧go‧de‧pen‧den‧cia
Noun
drogodependencia f (plural drogodependencias)
- drug addiction
- Synonym: drogadicción
Related terms
Further reading
- “drogodependencia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025