-ación
Spanish, suffix/aˈθjon/
-ación is spelled A-C-I-Ó-N (5 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written Spanish, the 118,609th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). -ación is a Spanish feminine suffix meaning “alternative form of -ción; -ation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does -ación mean in English?
suffix
- 1
femininealternative form of -ción; -ation
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Correa que pende al estribo en la silla de montar.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of -ación
- aciones plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce -ación?
- /aˈθjon/
- [aˈθjõn]
- /aˈsjon/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is -ación in Spanish?
-ación appears about once in every 10 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).