influjo

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin īnflūxus, from īnfluō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /inˈfluxo/ [ĩɱˈflu.xo]
• Rhymes: -uxo
• Syllabification: in‧flu‧jo

Noun

influjo m (plural influjos)

1. influx (inward flow)

   Synonym: entrada

   • 2015 July 18, “De los Ríos en el país de los soviets”, in El País‎:

     Tras los dogmas incontrovertibles del nuevo régimen advierte no obstante, sagazmente, el influjo de la ortodoxia religiosa bizantina: el viejo credo de un solo poder y una sola fe.

     Behind the undisputable dogmas of the new regime, however, he shrewdly notes the influence of Byzantine religious orthodoxy: the old creed of one power and one faith.

2. sway, influence

   Synonyms: dominio, influencia

Further reading

• “influjo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025