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erupción

eruption

noun eh-rroop-SYOHN Rare
Animals & Nature Geography

Origin: From Latin eruptio, from erumpere ('to burst out').

Also means

rash (skin)

Usage Note

Erupción covers both a volcanic eruption (erupción volcánica) and a skin rash (erupción cutánea) — contexts that a learner needs to keep distinct. The plural erupciones drops the written accent, since as a word ending in -s its stress falls on the penultimate syllable by default.

Examples

"La erupción del volcán cubrió el pueblo de ceniza."

Natural Translation

The volcanic eruption covered the village in ash.

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