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humillación

humiliation

noun oo-mee-yah-SYOHN Rare

Usage Note

Humillación derives from humillar (to humiliate), itself from Latin humilis (low). Its plural humillaciones follows the standard -ción → -ciones pattern. Note that English 'humility' is humildad, not humillación — a potential false friend. Humillación always has a negative, involuntary sense.

Examples

"Sufrió una profunda humillación delante de todos."

Natural Translation

She suffered a deep humiliation in front of everyone.

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