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How to Say "manipulation" in Spanish

The Spanish word formanipulationis manipulaciónB2 level. This is a very common word in everyday Spanish.

English → SpanishB2
nounB2
controlling someone or something unfairly
A wooden marionette puppet being controlled by strings from a wooden crossbar above.

Examples

La manipulación emocional es difícil de detectar.

Emotional manipulation is hard to detect.

Hay mucha manipulación en las noticias actuales.

There is a lot of manipulation in current news.

Él usa la manipulación para conseguir lo que quiere.

He uses manipulation to get what he wants.

Gender Trick

In Spanish, almost every word that ends in '-ción' is feminine. You should always use 'la' or 'una' with it.

Don't use 'el'

Mistake:el manipulación

Correction: la manipulación (it follows the -ción feminine rule).

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