invitación

/imbitaˈθjon/ · B1 · noun · f

invitation

✉️ Same word as English invitation: the -tion ending becomes -ción

Both words come from Latin invitare, to invite. Most English nouns ending in -tion have a Spanish twin ending in -ción, and those words are always feminine: la invitación, la nación, la estación.

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