realización
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /realiθaˈθjon/ [re.a.li.θaˈθjõn]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /realisaˈsjon/ [re.a.li.saˈsjõn]
- Rhymes: -on
- Syllabification: re‧a‧li‧za‧ción
Noun
realización f (plural realizaciones)
- realization, actualization (process of making something real, act of becoming real or concrete)
- implementation, conducting, carrying out, execution (e.g. of a project or of measures)
- completion, fulfillment, achievement
- making (e.g. making of a purchase, a flight, a trip, a visit)
- (linguistics) performance
Usage notes
- Realización is a false friend, and does not mean "realization" in the sense of sudden understanding. The word for this kind of "realization" in Spanish is comprensión.
Derived terms
Further reading
- “realización”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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