agitación

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ-

Proto-Indo-European *-eti

Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti

Proto-Italic *agō

Latin agō

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Italic *-tos

Latin -tus

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.

Proto-Italic *-ājō

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin -ō

Latin -tō

Latin -itō

Latin agitō

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Proto-Indo-European *-Hō

Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō

Proto-Italic *-tiō

Latin -tiō

Latin agitātiōnembor.

Spanish agitación

Borrowed from Latin agitātiōnem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /axitaˈθjon/ [a.xi.t̪aˈθjõn] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /axitaˈsjon/ [a.xi.t̪aˈsjõn] (Latin America, Philippines)

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• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: a‧gi‧ta‧ción

Noun

agitación f (plural agitaciones)

1. restlessness, agitation

   Synonym: inquietud

2. social or political unrest
3. excitement

Related terms

• agitar

Further reading

• “agitación”, 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