educación

See also: educacion

Asturian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ēducātiō, ēducātiōnem. Cognate with Catalan educació, Occitan educacion.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /edukaˈθjon/ [e.ð̞u.kaˈθjõŋ]
• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: e‧du‧ca‧ción

Noun

educación f (plural educaciones)

1. education (process or art of imparting knowledge, skill and judgment)

Related terms

• educar

Further reading

• Xosé Lluis García Arias (2002–2004), “educación”, in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana [General Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Spanish), Editorial Prensa Asturiana, →ISBN
• “educación”, in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana [Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Asturian), 1ª edición, Academia de la Llingua Asturiana, 2000, →ISBN

Galician

Alternative forms

• educaçom, educação (reintegrationist)

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin ēducātiōnem. Cognate with Catalan educació, Occitan educacion.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /edukaˈθjoŋ/ [e.ð̞u.kɑˈθjoŋ]

• IPA^(key): (standard) /edukaˈθjoŋ/ [e.ð̞u.kɑˈθjoŋ]
• IPA^(key): (seseo) /edukaˈsjoŋ/ [e.ð̞u.kɑˈsjoŋ]

• Rhymes: -oŋ
• Hyphenation: e‧du‧ca‧ción

Noun

educación f (uncountable)

1. education

Related terms

• educar

Further reading

• “educación”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “educación”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “educación”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ēducātiōnem. By surface analysis, educar +‎ -ción. Cognate with Catalan educació, Occitan educacion.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /edukaˈθjon/ [e.ð̞u.kaˈθjõn] (Spain)
• IPA^(key): /edukaˈsjon/ [e.ð̞u.kaˈsjõn] (Latin America, Philippines)

• Audio (Colombia):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: e‧du‧ca‧ción

Noun

educación f (plural educaciones)

1. education
2. upbringing
3. manners, etiquette

   Es de mala educación hablar con la boca llena.

   It's bad manners to speak with your mouth full.

Derived terms

• educación diferencial
• educación especial
• educación física
• educación superior
• educacional
• reeducación

Further reading

• “educación”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024