🇪🇸Spanish Source WordCode: ES

Conspiración

Pronunciation / Transliteration: konspiɾaˈsjon

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Conspiracy/kənˈspɪr.ə.si/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #1500 frequency
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🇪🇸 Example Sentence in Spanish:

"La conspiración fue desmantelada por las autoridades."

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A secret plan by a group to do something unlawful or harmful.

    "The detectives uncovered a conspiracy to commit fraud within the corporation."
  2. 2

    The act of conspiring; a plot.

    "The conspiracy was revealed during the trial, shocking the entire community."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The word 'conspiracy' originates from the Latin 'conspirare', meaning 'to breathe together'. It evolved through Middle English, where it retained the sense of secret agreement or plot, particularly in a legal context, before broadening to its modern usage implying any secret plan to achieve a harmful or unlawful end.

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