formación

Galician

Alternative forms

formaçom, formação (reintegrationist)

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin formatio, formationem. Cognate with Catalan formació, Occitan formacion.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (standard) /foɾmaˈθjoŋ/ [foɾ.maˈθjoŋ]
IPA^(key): (seseo) /foɾmaˈsjoŋ/ [foɾ.maˈsjoŋ]

Rhymes: -oŋ
Hyphenation: for‧ma‧ción

Noun

formación f (plural formacións)

formation (process or action)
training, education

Related terms

formar

Further reading

“formación”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, since 2012

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin formātiōnem. Cognate with Catalan formació, Occitan formacion.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Spain) /foɾmaˈθjon/ [foɾ.maˈθjõn]
IPA^(key): (Latin America) /foɾmaˈsjon/ [foɾ.maˈsjõn]
Rhymes: -on
Syllabification: for‧ma‧ción

Noun

formación f (plural formaciones)

formation
training, education
formación profesional ― vocational training

formación superior ― higher education
alignment (ordered group of people)
(geology) formation

Derived terms

autoformación

Related terms

formar

Further reading

“formación”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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