formación

Galician

Alternative forms

• formaçom, formação (reintegrationist)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /foɾmaˈθjoŋ/ [foɾ.maˈθjoŋ]

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

• Rhymes: -oŋ
• Hyphenation: for‧ma‧ción

Noun

formación f (plural formacións)

1. formation (process or action)
2. training, education

Related terms

• formar

Further reading

• “formación”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024

Spanish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

formación f (plural formaciones)

1. formation
2. training, education

   formación profesional ― vocational training

   formación superior ― higher education

3. alignment (ordered group of people)
4. (geology) formation

Derived terms

• autoformación

 

Related terms

• formar

 

Further reading

• “formación”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28