licitación
Spanish, noun/liθitaˈθjon/
licitación is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “bid” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Acción y efecto de licitar”.
What does licitación mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininebid
proceso de licitación
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 licitar. 2. Procedimiento jurídico al cual se deben sujetar entes del sector público para contratación de servicios, construcción de obras o adquisición de suministros.
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 licitación
- licitaciones plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce licitación?
- /liθitaˈθjon/
- [li.θi.t̪aˈθjõn]
- /lisitaˈsjon/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to licitación
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is licitación in Spanish?
licitación appears 7.4 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).