contracción

Galician

Alternative forms

• contraçom, contração (reintegrationist)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ḱe?

Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm

Proto-Italic *kom

Proto-Italic *kom-

Latin con-

Proto-Indo-European *dʰregʰ-der.?

Latin trahō

Latin contrahō

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Proto-Indo-European *-Hō

Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō

Proto-Italic *-tiō

Latin -tiō

Latin contractiōnemlbor.

Galician contracción

Learned borrowing from Latin contractiōnem.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kontɾakˈθjoŋ/ [kon̪.t̪ɾɑkˈθjoŋ]

• IPA^(key): (standard) /kontɾakˈθjoŋ/ [kon̪.t̪ɾɑkˈθjoŋ]
• IPA^(key): (seseo) /kontɾakˈsjoŋ/ [kon̪.t̪ɾɑkˈsjoŋ]

• Rhymes: -oŋ
• Hyphenation: con‧trac‧ción

Noun

contracción f (plural contraccións)

1. contraction

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ḱe?

Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm

Proto-Italic *kom

Proto-Italic *kom-

Latin con-

Proto-Indo-European *dʰregʰ-der.?

Latin trahō

Latin contrahō

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Proto-Indo-European *-Hō

Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō

Proto-Italic *-tiō

Latin -tiō

Latin contractiōnembor.

Spanish contracción

Borrowed from Latin contractiōnem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kontɾaɡˈθjon/ [kõn̪.t̪ɾaɣ̞ˈθjõn] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /kontɾaɡˈsjon/ [kõn̪.t̪ɾaɣ̞ˈsjõn] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: con‧trac‧ción

Noun

contracción f (plural contracciones)

1. contraction

Related terms

• contraer
• contrato

Further reading

• “contracción”, 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