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Asturian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sitwaˈθjon/,
- Rhymes: -on
- Hyphenation: si‧tua‧ción
Noun
situación f (plural situaciones)
- situation
Galician
Alternative forms
Etymology
From situar + -ción.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (standard) /sitwaˈθjoŋ/
- IPA(key): (seseo) /sitwaˈsjoŋ/
- Rhymes: -oŋ
- Hyphenation: si‧tua‧ción
Noun
situación f (plural situacións)
- situation
- position
1895, A. López Ferreiro, A tecedeira de Bonaval, page 170:a situación tristísima e máis que lamentábel da súa nai, enferma, sin recursos e, para maor desgracia, de xenio tan atufado, enrenico e mal cabido, que naide se ladaba con ela- the very sad and lamentable position of her mother, sick, resourceless and, adding insult to injury, having such a haughty, rude and misfit temper, that none got along with her
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Spanish
Etymology
From situar + -ción.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /sitwaˈθjon/
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /sitwaˈsjon/
- Rhymes: -on
- Syllabification: si‧tua‧ción
Noun
situación f (plural situaciones)
- situation, scenario, picture
- Synonyms: coyuntura, tesitura
- sea cual sea la situación ― whatever/regardless of the situation
- situación hipotética ― hypothetical situation
- position (based on circumstance or the effect of another's actions)
Me pones en una situación imposible.- You are putting me in an impossible position.
- status, state of affairs, condition
- informe de situación ― progress report
- location
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