What does «detracción» mean in Spanish?
- Action and effect of detracting: to discount, subtract or withdraw something.
- Murmuring, defamation, denigration of someone's reputation.
Examples of use in Spanish: "fue víctima de la detracción de sus enemigos".
"La detracción es un grave pecado y significa la difamación en todas sus formas, maledicencia, calumnia, murmuración".
- Diversion.
Examples of use in Spanish: "la detracción de agua del río para riego".
"la detracción del agua puede usarse para el abastecimiento a la población, usos industriales, agrícolas y ganaderos o producción de energía eléctrica entre otros".
- Deduction system. It consists of generating a discount to the buyer or user of a good or service. This administrative mechanism helps with the collection of certain taxes and basically consists of a discount made by the buyer or user of a good or service subject to the system, of a percentage of the amount to be paid for these operations, which is then deposited in a current account in the name of the seller or service provider, which, in turn, will use these deposited funds to make the payment of taxes, fines and payments on account.
♦ Used in: Peru