pretención
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pɾetenˈθjon/ [pɾe.t̪ẽn̟ˈθjõn] (Spain, Equatorial Guinea)
- IPA(key): /pɾetenˈsjon/ [pɾe.t̪ẽnˈsjõn] (Latin America, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -on
- Syllabification: pre‧ten‧ción
Noun
pretención f (plural pretenciones)
- (Venezuela) pretentiousness
- Synonym: pretenciosidad
Further reading
- “pretención”, 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