caución

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *-yeti

Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti

Proto-Indo-European *(s)kowh₁éyeti

Proto-Italic *kaweō

Latin caveō

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Proto-Indo-European *-Hō

Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō

Proto-Italic *-tiō

Latin -tiō

Latin cautiōnemlbor.

Spanish caución

Learned borrowing from Latin cautiōnem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kauˈθjon/ [kau̯ˈθjõn] (Spain, Equatorial Guinea)
• IPA^(key): /kauˈsjon/ [kau̯ˈsjõn] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: cau‧ción

Noun

caución f (plural cauciones)

1. caution

   Synonym: cautela

2. (law) bail, security deposit

   Synonym: fianza

Further reading

• “caución”, 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