prisión

/pɾiˈsjon/ · A2 · noun · f

prison

🔒 prisión = English prison + Spanish -ión; stress the end: pree-SYOHN

Both words come from Latin prehensio, a seizing — the same root as apprehend. Spanish keeps the -ión ending, which makes the noun feminine: la prisión. A near-twin of the English word, so only the final stress is new.

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