adopción
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin adoptiō (genitive singular adoptiōnis).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /adobˈθjon/ [a.ð̞oβ̞ˈθjõn]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /adobˈsjon/ [a.ð̞oβ̞ˈsjõn]
- Rhymes: -on
- Syllabification: a‧dop‧ción
Noun
adopción f (plural adopciones)
- adoption (the act of adopting)
- adoption (the state of being adopted)
Related terms
- adoptar
Descendants
- → Tagalog: adopsyon
Further reading
- “adopción”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014