aparición

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd

Proto-Italic *ad

Proto-Italic *ad-

Latin ad-

Proto-Indo-European *peh₂-

Proto-Indo-European *peh₂s-

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti

Proto-Indo-European *-yeti

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti

Proto-Indo-European *peh₂séh₁yeti

Proto-Italic *pāzējō

Proto-Italic *pāzēō

Latin pāreō

Latin appāreō

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Proto-Indo-European *-Hō

Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō

Proto-Italic *-tiō

Latin -tiō

Latin appāritiōnembor.

Spanish aparición

Borrowed from Latin appāritiōnem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /apaɾiˈθjon/ [a.pa.ɾiˈθjõn] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /apaɾiˈsjon/ [a.pa.ɾiˈsjõn] (Latin America, Philippines)

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• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: a‧pa‧ri‧ción

Noun

aparición f (plural apariciones)

1. appearance (act of appearing)

   Antonyms: desaparición, desvanecimiento

2. appearance (a thing seen)
3. apparition

   Synonym: fantasma

Related terms

• aparecer

Further reading

• “aparición”, 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