evaluación

/ebalwaˈθjon/ · B2 · noun · f

evaluation

📝 e-VALU-ación = evaluation: Spanish -ción is English -tion

Both words come from Latin valere, to be worth, so to evaluate is to find out what something is worth. Spanish words ending in -ción are feminine and usually match English -tion: nación, acción, evaluación.

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