concepción
See also: concepcion, Concepcion, and Concepción
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin conceptiō, conceptiōnem.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /konθebˈθjon/ [kõn̟.θeβ̞ˈθjõn]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /konsebˈsjon/ [kõn.seβ̞ˈsjõn]
- Rhymes: -on
- Syllabification: con‧cep‧ción
Noun
concepción f (plural concepciones)
- (biology) conception (fertilization of an ovum by a sperm to form a zygote)
- conception (image, idea, or notion formed in the mind)
Derived terms
- anticoncepción
Related terms
- concebir
- conceptivo
- concepto
Further reading
- “concepción”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014