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noun, feminine

traición

/tɾaiˈθjon/

noun, feminine/tɾaiˈθjon/plural: traiciones

treason; treachery

Synonyms: alevosía

A semi-learned form, using the borrowed suffix -ción, and based on the stem of the Old Spanish form trayçón, from Latin trāditiōnem (or formed from the Old Spanish verb traer, itself from Latin trādere, and the suffix -ción); compare Catalan traïció, cf. also French trahison, Italian tradigione. Doublet of the more recent borrowing tradición.