formación

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Galician

Alternative forms

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin formatio, formationem. Cognate with Catalan formació, Occitan formacion.

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): (standard) /foɾmaˈθjoŋ/
  • IPA(key): (seseo) /foɾmaˈsjoŋ/

  • Rhymes: -oŋ
  • Hyphenation: for‧ma‧ción

Noun

formación f (plural formacións)

  1. formation (process or action)
  2. training, education

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin formātiōnem. Cognate with Catalan formació, Occitan formacion.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /foɾmaˈθjon/
  • IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /foɾmaˈsjon/
  • Rhymes: -on
  • Syllabification: for‧ma‧ción

Noun

formación f (plural formaciones)

  1. formation
  2. training, education
    formación profesional ― vocational training
    formación superior ― higher education
  3. alignment (ordered group of people)
  4. (geology) formation

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