Spanish Conversation · Level 92
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Spanish word
siniestralidad
Pronunciation
IPA/sinjestɾaliˈðað/
Meaning
- feminine nounaccident rate
Example
La siniestralidad de esta carretera es preocupante.
The accident rate on this road is worrying.
More examples
Reducir la siniestralidad ayuda a proteger a la comunidad.
Lowering the accident rate helps protect the community.
Core concept
Map showing accident rate percentages by region.
Common phrases
disminuir la siniestralidad
lower the accident rate
aumentar la siniestralidad
raise the accident rate
Similar words
accidentalidad: Measure of how frequently accidents occur in a particular place or period.
tasa: Numerical rate showing one quantity as a fraction of the whole.
frecuencia: Count or degree of how often an event happens within a given period.
porcentaje: Share of the whole expressed as a percentage (per hundred).
Definition in Spanish
Medida estadística que expresa, en porcentaje o índice, la frecuencia de accidentes o daños en una población o zona durante un tiempo dado.
Word origin
Siniestralidad is a noun built from siniestro 'accident' and -idad, used in Spanish to denote the statistical frequency or rate of accidents in a given area or period.
Usage tips
- In everyday speech many speakers prefer the more literal phrase tasa de accidentes or add concrete figures, because siniestralidad sounds formal and can be vague without numbers.
Other meanings
- loss rationoun
Opposites
- seguridadsafetynoun
Related words
- siniestralaccident-relatedadjective