asunción

See also: Asunción

Galician

Alternative forms

• assunçom, assunção (reintegrationist)

Etymology

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin assūmptiō.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /asunˈθjoŋ/ [a.s̺un̪ˈθjoŋ]

• IPA^(key): (standard) /asunˈθjoŋ/ [a.s̺un̪ˈθjoŋ]
• IPA^(key): (seseo) /asunˈsjoŋ/ [a.sunˈsjoŋ]

• Rhymes: -oŋ
• Hyphenation: a‧sun‧ción

Noun

asunción f (plural asuncións)

1. assumption

Related terms

• asumir
• asunto

Further reading

• “asunción”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, since 2012

Spanish

Etymology

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin assūmptiōnem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /asunˈθjon/ [a.sũn̟ˈθjõn]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /asunˈsjon/ [a.sũnˈsjõn]
• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: a‧sun‧ción

Noun

asunción f (plural asunciones)

1. the Assumption
2. assumption, succession to the throne

Related terms

• asumir
• asunto

 

Further reading

• “asunción”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014