ecuación

Galician

Alternative forms

• equaçom, equação (reintegrationist)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Italic *aikʷos?

Old Latin aiquos

Latin aequus

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.

Proto-Italic *-ājō

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin -ō

Latin aequō

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Proto-Indo-European *-Hō

Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō

Proto-Italic *-tiō

Latin -tiō

Latin aequātiōnemlbor.

Galician ecuación

Learned borrowing from Latin aequātiōnem.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɛkwaˈθjoŋ/ [ɛ.kwaˈθjoŋ]

• IPA^(key): (standard) /ɛkwaˈθjoŋ/ [ɛ.kwaˈθjoŋ]
• IPA^(key): (seseo) /ɛkwaˈsjoŋ/ [ɛ.kwaˈsjoŋ]

• Rhymes: -oŋ
• Hyphenation: e‧cua‧ción

Noun

ecuación f (plural ecuacións)

1. equation

Further reading

• “ecuación”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Italic *aikʷos?

Old Latin aiquos

Latin aequus

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.

Proto-Italic *-ājō

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin -ō

Latin aequō

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Proto-Indo-European *-Hō

Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō

Proto-Italic *-tiō

Latin -tiō

Latin aequātiōnembor.

Spanish ecuación

Borrowed from Latin aequātiōnem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ekwaˈθjon/ [e.kwaˈθjõn] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /ekwaˈsjon/ [e.kwaˈsjõn] (Latin America, Philippines)

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: e‧cua‧ción

Noun

ecuación f (plural ecuaciones)

1. equation

Derived terms

• ecuación del tiempo
• ecuación diferencial
• ecuación en derivadas parciales
• ecuación lineal
• sistema de ecuaciones

Further reading

• “ecuación”, 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