institución

See also: institucion

Galician

Alternative forms

• instituçom, instituiçom, instituição (reintegrationist)

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin īnstitūtiōnem.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /instituˈθjoŋ/ [ins̺.t̪i.t̪uˈθjoŋ]

• IPA^(key): (standard) /instituˈθjoŋ/ [ins̺.t̪i.t̪uˈθjoŋ]
• IPA^(key): (seseo) /instituˈsjoŋ/ [ins.t̪i.t̪uˈsjoŋ]

• Rhymes: -oŋ
• Hyphenation: ins‧ti‧tu‧ción

Noun

institución f (plural institucións)

1. institution
2. foundation

Related terms

• instituír

Further reading

• “institución”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026
• “institución” in DIGALEGO - Dicionario de Galego, Ir Indo 2004, Xunta de Galicia 2013.

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin īnstitūtiōnem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /instituˈθjon/ [ĩns.t̪i.t̪uˈθjõn] (Spain)
• IPA^(key): /instituˈsjon/ [ĩns.t̪i.t̪uˈsjõn] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: ins‧ti‧tu‧ción

Noun

institución f (plural instituciones)

1. institution

Related terms

• instituir

Further reading

• “institución”, 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