detención

== Galician == === Alternative forms === detençom, detenção (reintegrationist) === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin detentio, detentionem. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -oŋ Hyphenation: de‧ten‧ción === Noun === detención f (plural detencións) detention arrest Synonym: arresto ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “detención”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026 == Spanish == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin dētentiōnem. Equivalent to detener +‎ -ción. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /detenˈθjon/ [d̪e.t̪ẽn̟ˈθjõn] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain) IPA(key): /detenˈsjon/ [d̪e.t̪ẽnˈsjõn] (Latin America, Philippines) Rhymes: -on Syllabification: de‧ten‧ción === Noun === detención f (plural detenciones) arrest Synonym: arresto guardarle bajo detención ― to put under arrest detention stopping, halt thoroughness Synonym: detenimiento estudiar con detención ― study thoroughly analizar con detención ― analyse thoroughly observar con detención ― observe in detail fijar con detención ― look closely ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “detención”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025