discreción
/diskɾeˈθjon/ · B2 · noun · f
discretion
🤫 dis-creción: sounds like 'discreet shun' — you shun loose talk and stay quiet
Spanish discreción is close to English discretion and discreet. Break it as discreet + shun: you shun gossip and oversharing, keeping private things private. The Latin root discernere means to separate, as in knowing what to say and what to withhold.