aireación

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews-

Proto-Indo-European *-r

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewsér

Proto-Hellenic *auhḗr

Ancient Greek ᾱ̓ήρ (āḗr)bor.

Latin āēr

Old Spanish ayre

Spanish aire

Proto-Indo-European *-id-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti

Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō

Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor.

Latin -izō

Latin -idiāre

Spanish -ear

Spanish airear

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Proto-Indo-European *-Hō

Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō

Proto-Italic *-tiō

Latin -tiō

Proto-Indo-European *-ōder.

Proto-Indo-European *-Hōder.?

Latin -ō

Latin -ōnem

Latin -tiōnemlbor.

Spanish -ción

Spanish aireación

From airear + -ción.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aiɾeaˈθjon/ [ai̯.ɾe.aˈθjõn] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /aiɾeaˈsjon/ [ai̯.ɾe.aˈsjõn] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: ai‧re‧a‧ción

Noun

aireación f (plural aireaciones)

1. aeration (the circulation of air)

   Synonym: ventilación

Further reading

• “aireación”, 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