adjudicación

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin adiudicātiōnem. Cognate with English adjudication.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /adxudikaˈθjon/ [að̞.xu.ð̞i.kaˈθjõn] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /adxudikaˈsjon/ [að̞.xu.ð̞i.kaˈsjõn] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: ad‧ju‧di‧ca‧ción

Noun

adjudicación f (plural adjudicaciones)

1. award, awarding, allocation (e.g., of a contract)
2. adjudication

Related terms

• adjudicar

Further reading

• “adjudicación”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025