ficción
/fiɡˈθjon/ · B2 · noun · f
fiction
📖 Same word as fiction: -tion in English becomes -ción in Spanish
From Latin fictio, from fingere, to shape or invent, which also gave English feign. Many English words ending in -tion become feminine Spanish nouns ending in -ción: nación, acción, ficción. The cc is said as a hard g followed by the th sound of thin.