posesión

/poseˈsjon/ · B1 · noun · f

possession

🔑 posesión = possession, same Latin root possidere, to own

Spanish posesión and English possession share the Latin possessio, from possidere (to own, to hold). The double s of English becomes a single s in Spanish, and -sion becomes -sión with an accent on the o.

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