opresión

/opɾeˈsjon/

la noun C1

el (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Academic Domain General Tone Neutral
Word fingerprint: Register: neutral. Era: current. Frequency: academic. Domain: general. Connotation: neutral.

Forms

plural
opresiones

Meaning

  1. oppression

    • Huyeron de la opresión.

      They fled oppression.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual
Meaning fingerprint: Category: thing. Concreteness: concrete. Animacy: inanimate. Countability: countable. Scope: individual.

Similar words

agobio

agobio is more about everyday stress or feeling overwhelmed; opresión is more about actual oppression.

Similar in other languages

French

oppression

oppression is the French word for the same thing — both mean "oppression."

Portuguese

opressão

opressão is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "oppression."

Practice

1 What does opresión mean?

2 Fill the gap: Huyeron de la ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches opresión?

noun

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