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agresión

aggression

noun ah-greh-SYOHN Less Common

Also means

assault

Usage Note

Agresión can refer to a verbal attack as well as a physical one; Spanish law uses agresión sexual for sexual assault. The accent is on the final syllable because the word ends in -ión; the plural agresiones drops the written accent as the stress is now penultimate by the regular rule.

Examples

"El país condenó la agresión militar."

Natural Translation

The country condemned the military aggression.

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