flexión

See also: flexion and Flexion

Galician

Alternative forms

• flexom, flexão (reintegrationist)

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin flexiōnem.

Noun

flexión f (plural flexións)

1. flexion, bending
2. (grammar) inflection, modification of a word's form

Further reading

• “flexión”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin flexiōnem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fleɡˈsjon/ [fleɣ̞ˈsjõn]

• Audio (Colombia):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: fle‧xión

Noun

flexión f (plural flexiones)

1. (grammar) inflection (a change in the form of a word that reflects a change in grammatical function)
2. (weightlifting) curl; exercise performed by flexing a joint on the exertion
3. push-up (ellipsis of flexión de codos.)
4. squat (ellipsis of flexión de piernas.)

   Synonym: sentadilla

5. bending (of a body part)
   • 2015 December, “Los mitos más frecuentes sobre el esguince de tobillo”, in El Nacional‎^[1]:

     Si se trata de esguinces grado 1 o grado 2 "se utilizan métodos de inmovilización parcial, con el uso de tobilleras o botas especiales que le permiten a la persona conservar la movilidad en extensión y en flexión, y por lo tanto va a caminar sin la posibilidad de torcerse el tobillo"

     If it is a grade 1 or grade 2 sprain then "partial immobilixation methods are used, by means of ankle braces or special boots that allow the person to conserve their mobility while extended or bent, and as a result they will walk without the possibility of twisting their ankle"

Derived terms

• barra de flexión

 

Related terms

• flexionar

 

Further reading

• “flexión”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28