observación
/obseɾbaˈθjon/ · B1 · noun · f
observation
🔭 Spanish -ción = English -tion: observación = observation
From Latin observatio, built on ob- (toward) + servare (to watch, keep). Many English words ending in -tion become Spanish words ending in -ción, which are always feminine: la observación. In Spain the c is said like th, so it sounds like ob-ser-ba-THYON.