audición

audición

Galician

Etymology

From Latin audītiō.

Noun

audición f (plural audicións)

1. audition

Related terms

• audiencia

Further reading

• “audición” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin auditio, auditionem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /audiˈθjon/ [au̯.ð̞iˈθjõn]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /audiˈsjon/ [au̯.ð̞iˈsjõn]
• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: au‧di‧ción

Noun

audición f (plural audiciones)

1. hearing (the act by which something is heard)
2. hearing (the sense used to perceive sound)

   Synonym: oído

3. public entertainment, show:
   1. concert (a musical entertainment in which several voices or instruments take part)

      Synonym: concierto

   2. reading (an event at which written material is read aloud)

      Synonym: lectura

   3. recital

      Synonym: recital

4. audition (a performance, by an aspiring performer, to demonstrate suitability or talent)

Derived terms

• audicionar

Related terms

• audible
• audiencia
• auditoría
• auditorio
• inaudito

 

Further reading

• “audición”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014