pensión

See also: pension and Pension

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *(s)pend-

Proto-Indo-European *(s)péndeti

Proto-Italic *pendō

Latin pendō

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Proto-Indo-European *-Hō

Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō

Proto-Italic *-tiō

Latin -tiō

Latin pēnsiōnemlbor.

Spanish pensión

Learned borrowing from Latin pēnsiōnem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /penˈsjon/ [pẽnˈsjõn]
• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: pen‧sión

Noun

pensión f (plural pensiones)

1. guesthouse, boarding house
2. pension
3. (Mexico) overnight parking

Derived terms

• fondo de pensiones
• media pensión
• pagapensiones
• pensión alimenticia
• pensión compensatoria
• pensión completa
• pensionario
• pensionista
• plan de pensiones

Related terms

• pensar

Further reading

• “pensión”, 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