alocución

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd

Proto-Italic *ad

Proto-Italic *ad-

Latin ad-

Proto-Indo-European *telkʷ-

Proto-Indo-European *tlokʷetorder.

Proto-Italic *tlokʷōr

Latin loquor

Latin alloquor

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Proto-Indo-European *-Hō

Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō

Proto-Italic *-tiō

Latin -tiō

Latin allocūtiōnembor.

Spanish alocución

Borrowed from Latin allocūtiōnem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /alokuˈθjon/ [a.lo.kuˈθjõn] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /alokuˈsjon/ [a.lo.kuˈsjõn] (Latin America, Philippines)

• Audio (Venezuela):

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• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: a‧lo‧cu‧ción

Noun

alocución f (plural alocuciones)

1. speech, address

   Synonyms: discurso, mitin

Further reading

• “alocución”, 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