proliferación

proliferation

noun proh-lee-feh-rah-SYOHN Rare

Origin: From Latin proliferare, from proles (offspring) + ferre (to bear).

Also means

spread

Usage Note

Proliferación is used in formal and journalistic registers to describe rapid, often uncontrolled increase — of technology, weapons, organisms, or bureaucracy. La proliferación de armas nucleares is the standard phrase for nuclear proliferation. The verb is proliferar. In everyday speech aumento or expansión are more common alternatives.

Examples

"La proliferación de redes sociales cambió la comunicación."

Natural Translation

The proliferation of social networks changed communication.

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