Spanish Conversation · Level 16
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Spanish word
destrucción
Pronunciation
IPA/destɾukˈθjon/
Meaning
- feminine noundestruction
Example
La destrucción dejó la ciudad en ruinas.
The destruction left the city in ruins.
More examples
La tormenta causó la destrucción de varios cultivos.
The storm caused destruction of several crops.
Core concept
Collapsed buildings and scattered rubble.
Common phrases
causar la destrucción
cause destruction
evitar la destrucción
prevent destruction
provocar la destrucción
bring about destruction
Similar words
demolición: Planned tearing down and removal of a building or structure.
daño: Harm or impairment to an object or body that reduces its function or integrity.
desastre: Sudden event causing widespread harm and severe disruption to daily life.
ruina: A building or property reduced to broken remains and lacking value.
Definition in Spanish
Acción y efecto de destruir algo, provocando que pierda de forma grave su estructura o su función original.
Word origin
From Latin destructio, from destrūere (de- 'undo' + strūere 'build'), literally the act of undoing what was built.
Usage tips
- A formal word often used in news or reports; for minor damage speakers use romper and for violent, smashed results they use destrozar, so destrucción normally implies large-scale or complete ruin.
Other meanings
- devastationnoun
- ruinnoun
Opposites
- construcciónconstructionnoun
- conservaciónconservationnoun
Related words
- destruirdestroyverb
- destructivodestructiveadjective
- destruibledestructibleadjective