How to Say "manipulation" in Spanish
The Spanish word for “manipulation” is “manipulación” — B2 level. This is a very common word in everyday Spanish.
English → SpanishB2
nounB2
controlling someone or something unfairly

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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