formación
Galician
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin formatio, formationem. Cognate with Catalan formació, Occitan formacion.
Noun
formación f (plural formacións)
- formation (process or action)
- training, education
Related terms
- formar
Further reading
- “formación” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin formatio, formationem. Cognate with Catalan formació, Occitan formacion.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /foɾmaˈθjon/ [foɾ.maˈθjõn]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /foɾmaˈsjon/ [foɾ.maˈsjõn]
- Rhymes: -on
- Syllabification: for‧ma‧ción
Noun
formación f (plural formaciones)
- formation
- training, education
- formación profesional ― vocational training
- formación superior ― higher education
- alignment (ordered group of people)
- (geology) formation
Derived terms
- autoformación
Related terms
- formar
Further reading
- “formación”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014