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🇪🇸Spanish Source WordCode: ES

superinflación

Pronunciation / Transliteration: soo-per-in-flah-syohn

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Superinflation/ˌsuː.pər.ɪnˈfleɪ.ʃən/
nounCEFR C2 (Proficient)Top #85400 frequency
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🇪🇸 Example Sentence in Spanish:

"Los ciudadanos sufrieron graves dificultades debido a la superinflación."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    An extreme, highly accelerated form of inflation that surpasses standard hyperinflation, resulting in a catastrophic collapse of a currency's value.

    "The country's economy collapsed into superinflation as the government printed money uncontrollably to pay off mounting national debts."
  2. 2

    In physics and cosmology, a theoretical phase of extremely rapid expansion in the early universe, sometimes used synonymously with an intensified inflationary epoch.

    "Certain cosmological models propose a period of superinflation prior to the standard Big Bang nucleosynthesis."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Latin prefix super- (meaning 'above', 'over', or 'excessive') combined with inflation, which originates from the Latin inflatio ('a blowing up' or 'swelling'). The term emerged in economic discourse in the 20th century to describe monetary phenomena exceeding standard hyperinflation.

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10 Global Lexicons: How "Superinflation" is said worldwide

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🇫🇷French → English

superinflation

Transliteration: suypair-an-flay-syon

"La superinflation a détruit l'économie du pays en quelques mois."

🇩🇪German → English

Superinflation

Transliteration: zoo-per-in-flah-tsee-on

"Die Superinflation führte zu dramatischen Preissteigerungen im Alltag."

🇮🇹Italian → English

superinflazione

Transliteration: soo-per-in-fla-tsee-o-ne

"La superinflazione ha reso la moneta locale completamente priva di valore."

🇪🇸Spanish → English

superinflación

Transliteration: soo-per-in-flah-syohn

"Los ciudadanos sufrieron graves dificultades debido a la superinflación."

🇵🇹Portuguese → English

superinflação

Transliteration: soo-per-in-fla-sow

"A superinflação destruiu as economias das famílias da noite para o dia."

🇮🇳Hindi → English

अतिमुद्रास्फीति

Transliteration: atimudrasphiti

"अतिमुद्रास्फीति के कारण देश की अर्थव्यवस्था पूरी तरह से चरमरा गई।"

🇨🇳Chinese → English

超级通货膨胀

Transliteration: chāojí tōnghuò péngzhàng

"超级通货膨胀导致纸币变得如同废纸一般。"

🇰🇷Korean → English

초인플레이션

Transliteration: choinpeulleisjon

"초인플레이션은 화폐 경제 시스템을 완전히 마비시켰습니다."

🇯🇵Japanese → English

超インフレーション

Transliteration: chō infureeshon

"超インフレーションによって人々の貯蓄は瞬く間に価値を失った。"

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