proporción

See also: proporcion

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin prōportiōnem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɾopoɾˈθjon/ [pɾo.poɾˈθjõŋ]
• Rhymes: -on
• Hyphenation: pro‧por‧ción

Noun

proporción f (plural proporciones)

1. proportion

Galician

Alternative forms

• proporçom, proporção (reintegrationist)

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin prōportiōnem.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pɾopoɾˈθjoŋ/ [pɾo.poɾˈθjoŋ]

• IPA^(key): (standard) /pɾopoɾˈθjoŋ/ [pɾo.poɾˈθjoŋ]
• IPA^(key): (seseo) /pɾopoɾˈsjoŋ/ [pɾo.poɾˈsjoŋ]

• Rhymes: -oŋ
• Hyphenation: pro‧por‧ción

Noun

proporción f (plural proporcións)

1. proportion

Further reading

• “proporción”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin prōportiōnem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɾopoɾˈθjon/ [pɾo.poɾˈθjõn] (Spain)
• IPA^(key): /pɾopoɾˈsjon/ [pɾo.poɾˈsjõn] (Latin America, Philippines)

• Audio (Venezuela):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: pro‧por‧ción

Noun

proporción f (plural proporciones)

1. proportion

   en proporción al tamaño ― in proportion to the size

2. ratio

Derived terms

• a proporción
• compás de proporción
• desproporción
• divina proporción
• medio de proporción
• proporción armónica
• proporcional (“proportional”, adjective)

Further reading

• “proporción”, 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