oposición
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See also: oposicion
Galician
Alternative forms
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin oppositiōnem.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -oŋ
- Hyphenation: o‧po‧si‧ción
Noun
oposición f (plural oposicións)
Further reading
- “oposición”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin oppositiōnem.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /oposiˈθjon/
- IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /oposiˈsjon/
- Rhymes: -on
- Syllabification: o‧po‧si‧ción
Noun
oposición f (plural oposiciones)
- opposition
- (Spain, often in the plural) a civil service entrance examination
- Synonym: opos
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “oposición”, 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