mayoría

See also: mayoria

Spanish

Etymology

From mayor (“bigger, major”) +‎ -ía.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /maʝoˈɾia/ [ma.ʝoˈɾi.a]
IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /maʃoˈɾia/ [ma.ʃoˈɾi.a]
IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /maʒoˈɾia/ [ma.ʒoˈɾi.a]

Audio (Colombia): (file)
Rhymes: -ia
Syllabification: ma‧yo‧rí‧a

Noun

mayoría f (plural mayorías)

majority
Antonym: minoría

Derived terms

Related terms

mayoritario

Further reading

“mayoría”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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