celebración

/θelebɾaˈθjon/ · B1 · noun · f

celebration

🎉🎂 celebr-ación = celebrate + -ation: -ción is Spanish for English -tion

From Latin celebratio, from celebrare, to honour or to fill with a crowd. The Spanish ending -ción matches English -tion, so celebración maps straight onto celebration. Like every -ción noun, it is feminine: la celebración.

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