insinuación
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin īnsinuātiōnem.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /insinwaˈθjon/ [ĩn.si.nwaˈθjõn] (Spain, Equatorial Guinea)
- IPA(key): /insinwaˈsjon/ [ĩn.si.nwaˈsjõn] (Latin America, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -on
- Syllabification: in‧si‧nua‧ción
Noun
insinuación f (plural insinuaciones)
- hint, insinuation
- Synonym: indirecta
- innuendo
Related terms
Further reading
- “insinuación”, 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