facción
Spanish, noun/faɡˈθjon/
facción is spelled F-A-C-C-I-Ó-N (7 letters) and appears 3.5 times per million words in written Spanish, the 15,293rd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Facción is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “faction, group” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Parcialidad de gente amotinada o rebelada”.
What does facción mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininefaction, group
- 2
femininetrait, facial feature
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Parcialidad de gente amotinada o rebelada. 2. Bando, pandilla, parcialidad o partido en las comunidades o cuerpos. 3. Cualquiera de las partes del rostro humano. 4. Acción de guerra.
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 facción
- facciones plural
- facçion alternative obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce facción?
- /faɡˈθjon/
- [faɣ̞ˈθjõn]
- /faɡˈsjon/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to facción
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is facción in Spanish?
facción appears 3.5 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).