-ción

See also: cion and ĉion

Galician

Alternative forms

• -çom (reintegrationist)
• -ção (reintegrationist)

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin -tiōnem.

Suffix

-ción f (noun-forming suffix, plural -cións)

1. used in forming a noun to represent the property corresponding to a verb; -tion

   ‎militarizar (“to militarize”) + ‎-ción → ‎militarización (“militarization”)

Derived terms

From

Galician terms suffixed with -ción

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Spanish

Alternative forms

• -ación

Etymology

From -tiōnem, the accusative of -tiō as a learned form. The original inherited form of the suffix, -zón or -són, is today less common but found in words such as razón, sazón, tesón, quemazón, comezón, hinchazón, etc.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /ˈθjon/ [ˈθjõn]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /ˈsjon/ [ˈsjõn]
• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: -ción

Suffix

-ción f (noun-forming suffix, plural -ciones)

1. forms nouns representing the property corresponding to a verb; -tion

   ‎neutralizar (“to neutralize”) + ‎-ción → ‎neutralización (“neutralization”)

Usage notes

• -ción may become -sión if preceded by "s", or -tión if preceded by "t"; cf. propulsión, digestión.

Derived terms

Spanish terms suffixed with -ción

Descendants

• → Tagalog: -syon

Further reading

• “-ción”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28