terminación

See also: terminacion

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *terh₂-?

Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥

Proto-Indo-European *ter-?

Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥

Proto-Indo-European *térmn̥

Proto-Italic *termn̥

Proto-Indo-European *-nós

Proto-Italic *-nos

Proto-Italic *term(e)nos

Latin terminus

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.

Proto-Italic *-ājō

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin -ō

Latin terminō

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Proto-Indo-European *-Hō

Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō

Proto-Italic *-tiō

Latin -tiō

Latin terminātiōnemder.

Spanish terminación

Derived from Latin terminātiōnem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /teɾminaˈθjon/ [t̪eɾ.mi.naˈθjõn] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /teɾminaˈsjon/ [t̪eɾ.mi.naˈsjõn] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: ter‧mi‧na‧ción

Noun

terminación f (plural terminaciones)

1. termination

   Synonym: expiración

Related terms

• terminar

Further reading

• “terminación”, 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