adopción

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin adoptiōnem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /adobˈθjon/ [a.ð̞oβ̞ˈθjõn] (Spain)
• IPA^(key): /adobˈsjon/ [a.ð̞oβ̞ˈsjõn] (Latin America, Philippines)

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• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: a‧dop‧ción

Noun

adopción f (plural adopciones)

1. adoption (the act of adopting)
2. adoption (the state of being adopted)

Related terms

• adoptar

Descendants

• → Tagalog: adopsyon

Further reading

• “adopción”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10