trepidación
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin trepidātiōnem (“agitation, trepidation”). By surface analysis, trepidar + -ción.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tɾepidaˈθjon/ [t̪ɾe.pi.ð̞aˈθjõn] (Spain, Equatorial Guinea)
- IPA(key): /tɾepidaˈsjon/ [t̪ɾe.pi.ð̞aˈsjõn] (Latin America, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -on
- Syllabification: tre‧pi‧da‧ción
Noun
trepidación f (plural trepidaciones)
- trepidation
- Synonym: temor
Related terms
Further reading
- “trepidación”, 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