oposición

See also: oposicion

Galician

Alternative forms

• oposiçom, oposição (reintegrationist)

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin oppositiōnem.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɔposiˈθjoŋ/ [ɔ.po.s̺iˈθjoŋ]

• IPA^(key): (standard) /ɔposiˈθjoŋ/ [ɔ.po.s̺iˈθjoŋ]
• IPA^(key): (seseo) /ɔposiˈsjoŋ/ [ɔ.po.siˈsjoŋ]

• Rhymes: -oŋ
• Hyphenation: o‧po‧si‧ción

Noun

oposición f (plural oposicións)

1. opposition

Further reading

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

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin oppositiōnem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /oposiˈθjon/ [o.po.siˈθjõn]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /oposiˈsjon/ [o.po.siˈsjõn]
• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: o‧po‧si‧ción

Noun

oposición f (plural oposiciones)

1. opposition
2. (Spain, often in the plural) a civil service entrance examination

   Synonym: opos

Derived terms

• en oposición a
• opositor

 

Related terms

• opositar

 

Further reading

• “oposición”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28