modificación

See also: modificacion

Galician

Alternative forms

• modificaçom, modificação (reintegrationist)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *med-

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Italic *medos

Latin modus

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der.

Proto-Italic *θakos

Proto-Italic *-fakos

Latin -ficus

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 -ficō

Latin modificō

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Proto-Indo-European *-Hō

Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō

Proto-Italic *-tiō

Latin -tiō

Latin modificātiōnemlbor.

Galician modificación

Learned borrowing from Latin modificātiōnem.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /mɔdifikaˈθjoŋ/ [mɔ.ð̞i.fi.kɑˈθjoŋ]

• IPA^(key): (standard) /mɔdifikaˈθjoŋ/ [mɔ.ð̞i.fi.kɑˈθjoŋ]
• IPA^(key): (seseo) /mɔdifikaˈsjoŋ/ [mɔ.ð̞i.fi.kɑˈsjoŋ]

• Rhymes: -oŋ
• Hyphenation: mo‧di‧fi‧ca‧ción

Noun

modificación f (plural modificacións)

1. modification

Related terms

• modificar

Further reading

• “modificación”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “modificación”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “modificación”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin modificātiōnem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /modifikaˈθjon/ [mo.ð̞i.fi.kaˈθjõn] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /modifikaˈsjon/ [mo.ð̞i.fi.kaˈsjõn] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: mo‧di‧fi‧ca‧ción

Noun

modificación f (plural modificaciones)

1. modification
2. (video games) mod (an end user-created package containing modifications to the look or behaviour of a video game)

   Synonym: mod

Derived terms

• modificación genética

Related terms

• modificar

Further reading

• “modificación”, 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