fundación
Spanish, noun/fundaˈθjon/
fundación is spelled F-U-N-D-A-C-I-Ó-N (9 letters) and appears 58 times per million words in written Spanish, the 1,512th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Fundación is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “foundation (act of founding)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “acción y efecto de fundar”.
What does fundación mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininefoundation (act of founding)
- 2
femininefoundation (endowed institution or charity)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. acción y efecto de fundar 2. Origen o principio de algo 3. institución de interés público, sin fines de lucro
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 fundación
- fundaciones plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce fundación?
- /fundaˈθjon/
- [fũn̪.d̪aˈθjõn]
- /fundaˈsjon/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to fundación
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is fundación in Spanish?
fundación appears 58 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).