bendición

/bendiˈθjon/ · B1 · noun · f

blessing

🙏 bendición = bene (well) + dicción (saying), like English benediction

From Latin benedictio, from bene dicere, to speak well of someone. English has the same root in benediction. Spanish shortened bene- to ben-, so a blessing is literally a good word said over someone.

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