formación

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Galician

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (standard) /foɾmaˈθjoŋ/ [foɾ.maˈθjoŋ]
  • IPA(key): (seseo) /foɾmaˈsjoŋ/ [foɾ.maˈsjoŋ]

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

Noun

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formación f (plural formacións)

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

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (Spain) /foɾmaˈθjon/ [foɾ.maˈθjõn]
  • IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /foɾmaˈsjon/ [foɾ.maˈsjõn]
  • Rhymes: -on
  • Syllabification: for‧ma‧ción

Noun

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formación f (plural formaciones)

  1. formation
  2. training, education
    formación profesionalvocational training
    formación superiorhigher education
  3. alignment (ordered group of people)
  4. (geology) formation

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