realización

Spanish

Etymology

realizar +‎ -ción

Noun

realización f (plural realizaciones)

1. realization, actualization (process of making something real, act of becoming real or concrete)
2. implementation, conducting, carrying out, execution (e.g. of a project or of measures)
3. completion, fulfillment, achievement
4. making (e.g. making of a purchase, a flight, a trip, a visit)
5. (linguistics) performance

Usage notes

• Realización is a false friend, and does not mean "realization" in the sense of sudden understanding. The word for this kind of "realization" in Spanish is comprensión.

Derived terms

• autorrealización
• control de realización

 

Further reading

• “realización”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014