suciedad

• suziedat (obsolete)

From sucio +‎ -edad; cognate with Galician sucidade, Portuguese sujidade.

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /suθjeˈdad/ [su.θjeˈð̞að̞]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /susjeˈdad/ [su.sjeˈð̞að̞]

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• Rhymes: -ad
• Syllabification: su‧cie‧dad

suciedad f (plural suciedades)

1. dirt
2. dirtiness, filth
   • 2010, Manuel Segura Beneyto, Manipulador de comidas preparadas, Editorial Club Universitario, →ISBN, page 193:

     Además, para que sea realmente eficaz, debe ir acompañada de una desinfección de las superficies que se hayan limpiado previamente, para destruir los microorganismos que se asocian a la suciedad.

     In addition, in order to be really effective, it should be accompanied by the disinfection of previously cleaned surfaces, to destroy the microorganisms associated with dirtiness.

3. prurience; metaphorical dirtiness

• “suciedad”, 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