elección

See also: eleccion

Galician

Alternative forms

• eleiçom, eleição (reintegrationist)

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin electio, electionem.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /elekˈθjoŋ/ [e.lekˈθjoŋ]

• IPA^(key): (standard) /elekˈθjoŋ/ [e.lekˈθjoŋ]
• IPA^(key): (seseo) /elekˈsjoŋ/ [e.lekˈsjoŋ]

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

Noun

elección f (plural eleccións)

1. election
2. choice

   Synonym: escolla

Related terms

• elixir

Further reading

• “elección”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin electiōnem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eleɡˈθjon/ [e.leɣ̞ˈθjõn] (Spain)
• IPA^(key): /eleɡˈsjon/ [e.leɣ̞ˈsjõn] (Latin America, Philippines)

• Audio (Colombia):

  (file)

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

Noun

elección f (plural elecciones)

1. election

   Synonym: comicios

2. choice

   Synonym: escogimiento

Derived terms

• jugada de elección

Related terms

• electo
• elector
• elegir

Descendants

• → Cebuano: eleksyon
• → Ilocano: eleksion
• → Tagalog: eleksiyon

Further reading

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