formación
التعريفات والمعاني
== Galician ==
=== Alternative forms ===
formaçom, formação (reintegrationist)
=== Etymology ===
Learned borrowing from Latin formatio, formationem. Cognate with Catalan formació, Occitan formacion.
=== Pronunciation ===
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, 2012–2026
== Spanish ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Latin formātiōnem. Cognate with Catalan formació, Occitan formacion.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /foɾmaˈθjon/ [foɾ.maˈθjõn] (Spain)
IPA(key): /foɾmaˈsjon/ [foɾ.maˈsjõn] (Latin America, Philippines)
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 ====
==== Related terms ====
=== Further reading ===
“formación”, 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