English-Spanish translations for reaction

• reacción
  Una reacción política precipitada será probablemente una mala reacción. Fast policy reaction is likely to be a bad reaction.
  ¡Esa ha sido una reacción espontánea!That was a spontaneous reaction!
  Esta no es una reacción irreflexiva. This is not a knee-jerk reaction.

Definition of reaction

• An action or statement in response to a stimulus or other event
• A transformation in which one or more substances is converted into another by combination or decomposition
• Reactionary politics; a period in which reactionary thought or politics is resurgent or dominant

Examples

• The announcement of the verdict brought a violent reaction.
• You were in the courtroom. What is your reaction?
• When I last tried to eat strawberries I had a terrible allergic reaction.
• In this reaction, the acid and base will neutralize each other, producing a salt.

Related words

• reactionary
• abreaction
• half-reaction
• overreaction
• photoreaction
• cutireaction
• counterreaction
• reactionism
• neoreactionary