delegación
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See also: delegacion
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Latin delegātiōnem, from delego, equivalent to delegar + -ción.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /deleɡaˈθjon/ [d̪e.le.ɣ̞aˈθjõn] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
- IPA(key): /deleɡaˈsjon/ [d̪e.le.ɣ̞aˈsjõn] (Latin America, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -on
- Syllabification: de‧le‧ga‧ción
Noun
[edit]delegación f (plural delegaciones)
- delegation
- 2025 October 19, Redacción GH, “Ataque armado deja dos muertos en un car wash de la colonia Las Cruces”, in El Imparcial[1], archived from the original on 19 October 2025:
- Dos trabajadores de un car wash fueron asesinados la tarde de este sábado durante un ataque armado registrado en la colonia Las Cruces, en la delegación San Antonio de los Buenos.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “delegación”, 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
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