vacación

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin vacātiōnem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /bakaˈθjon/ [ba.kaˈθjõn]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /bakaˈsjon/ [ba.kaˈsjõn]

• Audio (Colombia):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: va‧ca‧ción

Noun

vacación f (plural vacaciones)

1. vacation, holiday

Usage notes

• Often used in the plural form with the same meaning.

Further reading

• “vacación”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10