generación

/xeneɾaˈθjon/ · B1 · noun · f

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👵👶 generación = generate + -ción, Spanish for English -tion: generation

From Latin generatio, from generare, to beget, the same root as gene and genesis. Most English -tion words become -ción in Spanish. The g before e sounds like a rough h: heh-neh-ra-THYON, stress on the end.

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