Spanish Conversation · Level 102
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Spanish word
devaluación
Pronunciation
IPA/deβalwaˈθjon/
Meaning
- feminine noundevaluation
Example
Tras la devaluación, el precio del pan subió.
After the devaluation, the price of bread rose.
More examples
La devaluación encareció los productos importados.
The devaluation made imported goods more expensive.
Core concept
Official lowering of a currency's exchange rate.
Common phrases
la devaluación de la moneda
devaluation of the currency
efectos de la devaluación
effects of devaluation
Similar words
devaluamiento: Official act of reducing a currency's assigned value as a policy action.
depreciación: Gradual market-driven decline in the value of a currency or other asset.
pérdida de valor: Decrease in the value of an object or currency; general loss of worth.
Definition in Spanish
Medida o resultado por el cual el valor oficial de una moneda se reduce como política económica.
Word origin
The noun comes from Spanish devaluar ('to devalue') plus the noun-forming suffix -ción, with de- indicating reduction and the root valor ultimately from Latin valor 'value'.
Usage tips
- Devaluación typically denotes a deliberate government or central-bank policy to cut an official exchange rate, while depreciación refers to a market-driven loss of value.
Other meanings
- loss of valuenoun
Opposites
- apreciaciónappreciationnoun
- revaluaciónrevaluationnoun
Related words
- devaluardevalueverb
- devaluadodevaluedadjective
- devaluatoriodevaluation-relatedadjective