pasión

See also: pasion

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *peh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Indo-European *ph₁tós

Proto-Italic *patosder.?

Proto-Indo-European *pet-der.?

Latin patior

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Proto-Indo-European *-Hō

Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō

Proto-Italic *-tiō

Latin -tiō

Latin passiōnembor.

Spanish pasión

Borrowed from Latin passiōnem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paˈsjon/ [paˈsjõn]
• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: pa‧sión

Noun

pasión f (plural pasiones)

1. passion
2. inertia, idleness (the opposite of action)

   Synonyms: inactividad, ociosidad

Derived terms

• apasionado
• apasionar
• flor de la pasión
• fruta de la pasión

Related terms

• compasión
• padecer

Further reading

• “pasión”, 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