institución

/instituˈθjon/ · B2 · noun · f

institution

🏛️ Institution with -tion swapped for -ción: Spanish's regular ending swap

Latin institutio, from instituere, to set up. English -tion words usually become Spanish -ción, and those are always feminine: la institución. The stress falls on the last syllable, -ción, which is why it carries the accent mark.

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