fluctuación

fluctuation

noun flook-twah-SYOHN Rare

Origin: From Latin fluctuatio (a wavering).

Also means

variation

Usage Note

Fluctuación is the nominal form of fluctuar ('to fluctuate') and is common in economic, scientific, and meteorological discourse — fluctuaciones del mercado ('market fluctuations'), fluctuaciones de temperatura ('temperature swings'). The plural fluctuaciones is normal. It is a formal register word; in everyday speech variación or cambio often replaces it.

Examples

"Las fluctuaciones del precio del petróleo afectan a todos."

Natural Translation

Oil price fluctuations affect everyone.

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