ovación
Spanish, noun/obaˈθjon/
ovación is spelled O-V-A-C-I-Ó-N (7 letters) and appears 1.7 times per million words in written Spanish, the 24,753rd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ovación is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “ovation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Uno de los triunfos menores que concedían los romanos por haber vencido a los enemigos sin derramar sangre, o…”.
What does ovación mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineovation
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Uno de los triunfos menores que concedían los romanos por haber vencido a los enemigos sin derramar sangre, o por alguna victoria de no mucha consideración. El que triunfaba de este modo, entraba en Roma a pie o a caballo y sacrificaba una oveja; a diferencia del triunfador en los triunfos mayores, que entraba en un carro y sacrificaba un toro. 2. Aplauso ruidoso que colectivamente se tributa a una persona o cosa.
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 ovación
- ovaciones plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ovación?
- /obaˈθjon/
- [o.β̞aˈθjõn]
- /obaˈsjon/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ovación
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ovación in Spanish?
ovación appears 1.7 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).