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Galician
Etymology
From resignar + -ción.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (standard) /resiŋnaˈθjoŋ/
- IPA(key): (seseo) /resiŋnaˈsjoŋ/
- Rhymes: -oŋ
- Hyphenation: re‧sig‧na‧ción
Noun
resignación f (plural resignacións)
- resignation (sense of "acceptance of adversity")
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Spanish
Etymology
From resignar + -ción.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /resiɡnaˈθjon/
- IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /resiɡnaˈsjon/
- Rhymes: -on
- Syllabification: re‧sig‧na‧ción
Noun
resignación f (plural resignaciones)
- resignation (sense of "acceptance of adversity")
- Synonym: renuncia
1915, Julio Vicuña Cifuentes, Mitos y Supersticiones Recogidos de la Tradición Oral Chilena, page 162:Si una mujer encinta se siente con los síntomas de alumbramiento y la marea crece, las comadres anuncian a la paciente que debe tener resignación, porque el parto no tendrá lugar hasta tanto no repunte el reflujo.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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