petición

/petiˈθjon/ · B1 · noun · f

request

📝 Cognate of English petition, from Latin petere, to seek or ask for

English petition and Spanish petición both come from Latin petitio. Spanish -ción matches English -tion, and nouns ending in -ción are feminine, so it is una petición. Spain says the c as th: pe-ti-THYON.

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