Spanish Conversation · Level 84
60 words
Spanish word
emigración
Pronunciation
IPA/emiɣɾaˈθjon/
Meaning
- feminine nounemigration
Example
La emigración ha aumentado en los últimos años.
Emigration has increased in the last few years.
More examples
¿Por qué la emigración afecta tanto a las familias jóvenes?
Why does emigration affect young families so much?
Core concept
Outflow of residents from a country.
Common phrases
ola de emigración
wave of emigration
flujo de emigración
flow of emigration
Similar words
inmigración: Inflow of people who move into a country to settle there.
migración: Periodic movement of people or animals driven by seasonal or life needs.
Definition in Spanish
Movimiento de personas que dejan su país de origen para establecerse en otro.
Word origin
Noun formed from Spanish emigrar and ultimately from Latin emigrare ('out' + 'move'), with the suffix -ción marking the action or result.
Usage tips
- In migration statistics, a country's emigración counts people who have left that country and can differ from the country's inmigración figures.
Opposites
- inmigraciónimmigrationnoun
- repatriaciónrepatriationnoun