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Galician
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin -tiōnem.
Suffix
-ción f (noun-forming suffix, plural -cións)
- used in forming a noun to represent the property corresponding to a verb; -tion
- militarizar (“to militarize”) + -ción → militarización (“militarization”)
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Spanish
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/
- IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /ˈsjon/
- Rhymes: -on
- Syllabification: -ción
Suffix
-ción f (noun-forming suffix, plural -ciones)
- forms nouns representing the property corresponding to a verb; -tion
- neutralizar (“to neutralize”) + -ción → neutralización (“neutralization”)
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