rotación

Galician

Alternative forms

• rotaçom, rotação (reintegrationist)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Latin rotō

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Proto-Indo-European *-Hō

Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō

Proto-Italic *-tiō

Latin -tiō

Latin rotatio, rotationemlbor.

Galician rotación

Learned borrowing from Latin rotatio, rotationem.

Noun

rotación f (plural rotacións)

1. rotation

Further reading

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

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Latin rotō

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Proto-Indo-European *-Hō

Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō

Proto-Italic *-tiō

Latin -tiō

Latin rotātiōnembor.

Spanish rotación

Borrowed from Latin rotātiōnem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rotaˈθjon/ [ro.t̪aˈθjõn] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /rotaˈsjon/ [ro.t̪aˈsjõn] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: ro‧ta‧ción

Noun

rotación f (plural rotaciones)

1. rotation

Derived terms

• movimiento de rotación
• rotación de cultivos

Related terms

• rotar

Further reading

• “rotación”, 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