espeleología
See also: espeleologia
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin spelaeum (“cave”) + -logía.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /espeleoloˈxia/ [es.pe.le.o.loˈxi.a]
- Rhymes: -ia
- Syllabification: es‧pe‧le‧o‧lo‧gí‧a
Noun
espeleología f (plural espeleologías)
- speleology (Branch of science in which examines caves)
- spelunking
Related terms
Further reading
- “espeleología”, 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