inspección

/inspeɡˈθjon/ · B2 · noun · f

inspection

🔍📋 inspección = in + spec (look) + ción: a looking-into, like spectator

From Latin inspicere, 'to look into': in (into) + specere (to look). The same root 'spec' appears in spectator, spectacle and inspect. The ending -ción is the Spanish -tion, so it matches English inspection almost letter for letter.

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