canción

/kanˈθjon/ · A2 · noun · f

song

🎤🎶 canción = cant- (sing) + -ción (-tion): a singing, like English chant

From Latin cantio, from canere, to sing. The same root gives Spanish cantar (to sing) and English chant, cantata and incantation. The ending -ción matches English -tion, and such nouns are feminine: la canción.

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