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🇪🇸Spanish Source WordCode: ES

tracción

Pronunciation / Transliteration: trakˈsjon

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Traction/ˈtræk.ʃən/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #3400 frequency
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🇪🇸 Example Sentence in Spanish:

"La nueva iniciativa de marketing está ganando mucha tracción."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The grip or adhesion of a wheel, tire, or footwear on a surface, preventing it from slipping.

    "The winter tires provided much better traction on the icy road."
  2. 2

    The extent to which an idea, product, or method gains popularity, acceptance, or momentum.

    "The startup's new productivity app began to gain serious traction among remote workers."
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Antonyms & Contrasting Words (1)

Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Late Latin tractio, meaning 'a drawing or pulling,' stemming from the classical Latin verb trahere ('to draw, pull'). It entered English in the early 17th century through medical and mechanical contexts before broadening to include commercial and momentum-based metaphors in modern usage.

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