instrucción

See also: instruccion

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₁én

Proto-Italic *en

Proto-Italic *en-

Latin in-

Proto-Indo-European *ster-

Proto-Indo-European *sterh₃-

Proto-Indo-European *strew-

Proto-Indo-European *-eti

Proto-Indo-European *stréweti

Proto-Italic *strowō

Latin struō

Latin īnstruō

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Proto-Indo-European *-Hō

Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō

Proto-Italic *-tiō

Latin -tiō

Latin īnstrūctiōnemlbor.

Spanish instrucción

Learned borrowing from Latin īnstrūctiōnem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /instɾuɡˈθjon/ [ĩns.t̪ɾuɣ̞ˈθjõn] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /instɾuɡˈsjon/ [ĩns.t̪ɾuɣ̞ˈsjõn] (Latin America, Philippines)

• Audio (Venezuela):

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• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: ins‧truc‧ción

Noun

instrucción f (plural instrucciones)

1. instruction
2. (Spain, law) an investigation by a criminal court in order to collect factual evidence directed towards pressing charges against a suspect or reaching a nolle prosequi indictment

Derived terms

• instrucción militar
• instrucción primaria
• instrucción pública
• juzgado de instrucción

Related terms

• instruir

Further reading

• “instrucción”, 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