sanción
Spanish, noun/sanˈθjon/
sanción is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “sanction” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Castigo administrativo o penal, que se obtiene por la comisión de una infracción”.
What does sanción mean in English?
noun
- 1
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Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Castigo administrativo o penal, que se obtiene por la comisión de una infracción. 2. Aplícase a cualquier tipo de pena o castigo en general, casi siempre de una manera muy severa.
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 sanción
- sanciones plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sanción?
- /sanˈθjon/
- [sãn̟ˈθjõn]
- /sanˈsjon/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to sanción
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is sanción in Spanish?
sanción appears 12 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).