constitución

See also: constitucion

Galician

Alternative forms

• constituizón, constituzón (superseded)

Etymology

Attested since the 13th century as constituçon, constituyçon. From Latin cōnstitūtiō, cōnstitūtiōnem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [konstituˈθjoŋ]

Noun

constitución f (plural constitucións)

1. constitution (all senses)
   • 1813, Manuel Pardo de Andrade, Rogos dun galego:

     Meigas, feitizos e bruxas

     que persigue a Inquisicion,

     sin mascara, socaliñas

     de cregos e frades son.

     Chamanlles bruxas à ás vellas

     por ter cara de carton;

     pero solamente hay meygas

     en donde hay Inquisicion.

     As femias da nosa especie

     de certa constitucion

     fan visaxes, e son tolas,

     pero feitizeiras non.

     Witches, spells and hexes,

     who are prosecuted by the Inquisition,

     maskless, hoaxes

     of priests and friars are.

     They call hex an old lady

     because her face is made of cardboard;

     but there are witches

     just where it is Inquisition.

     Females of our species,

     of certain constitution,

     make gestures, and are mad,

     but sorceresses they are not.

   • 1822, anonymous, A Parola Polêteca:

     A Constetucion é a mellor ley que podemos desear. Somos libres pois que non reconocemos basallaxê. Temos goberno moy bó, unas Cortes que en nome do pobo poden tanto como Rey, po lo que é craro que nos mandamos tanto como o Rey.

     The Constitution is the best law we can look forward to. We are free because we don't acknowledge vassalage. We have quite a good government; a parliament that, in the name of the people, is as powerful as the King; and so it is evident that we are as powerful as the King.

Derived terms

• constitucional
• constitucionalidade
• constitucionalismo
• constitucionalista
• anticonstitucional
• inconstitucional

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “constituçon”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “constituç”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “constituyç”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “constitución”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “constitución”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “constitución”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin cōnstitūtiō, cōnstitūtiōnem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /konstituˈθjon/ [kõns.t̪i.t̪uˈθjõn]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /konstituˈsjon/ [kõns.t̪i.t̪uˈsjõn]

• Audio (Latin America):

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Noun

constitución f (plural constituciones)

1. constitution (all senses)

Derived terms

• constitucional
• constitucionalidad
• constitucionalismo
• constitucionalista
• anticonstitucional
• inconstitucional

Related terms

• constituyente

Descendants

• → Cebuano: konstitusyon
• → Tagalog: konstitusyon

Further reading

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