opción
Spanish, noun/obˈθjon/
opción is spelled O-P-C-I-Ó-N (6 letters) and appears 78 times per million words in written Spanish, the 1,138th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Opción is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “option” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Facultad o libertad de elegir”.
What does opción mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineoption
Parece que no tengamos opción sino la de confiarlo.
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Facultad o libertad de elegir. 2. Acto de elegir. 3. Derecho que se tiene a un empleo, premio, etc.
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 opción
- opciones plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce opción?
- /obˈθjon/
- [oβ̞ˈθjõn]
- /obˈsjon/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to opción
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is opción in Spanish?
opción appears 78 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).