autorización

/autoɾiθaˈθjon/ · B1 · noun · f

mandate

✅📝 autor + ización = what an author signs to make it official

From Latin auctor, someone with authority. Autorizar means to give that authority's approval, and -ción makes the act into a noun. Spanish turns English -tion into -ción, so authorization becomes autorización, a feminine noun.

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