magnificación

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂s

Proto-Indo-European *m̥ǵh₂nós

Proto-Italic *magnos

Latin magnus

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der.

Proto-Italic *θakos

Proto-Italic *-fakos

Latin -ficus

Latin magnificus

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.

Proto-Italic *-ājō

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin -ō

Latin magnificāre

Spanish magnificar

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Proto-Indo-European *-Hō

Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō

Proto-Italic *-tiō

Latin -tiō

Latin -ōnem

Latin -tiōnemlbor.

Spanish -ción

Spanish magnificación

From magnificar + -ción.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maɡnifikaˈθjon/ [maɣ̞.ni.fi.kaˈθjõn] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /maɡnifikaˈsjon/ [maɣ̞.ni.fi.kaˈsjõn] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: mag‧ni‧fi‧ca‧ción

Noun

magnificación f (plural magnificaciones)

1. magnification
2. exaggeration

   Synonym: exageración

Related terms

• magnífico

Further reading

• “magnificación”, 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