legitimación

Spanish

Etymology

From legitimar +‎ -ción.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lexitimaˈθjon/ [le.xi.t̪i.maˈθjõn] (Spain, Equatorial Guinea)
• IPA^(key): /lexitimaˈsjon/ [le.xi.t̪i.maˈsjõn] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: le‧gi‧ti‧ma‧ción

Noun

legitimación f (plural legitimaciones)

1. authentication, legitimation

Further reading

• “legitimación”, 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