vacación
/bakaˈθjon/ · A2 · noun · f
vacation
🏖️🧳 vacación = vacate + -tion: you vacate your desk, leaving it vacant
From Latin vacatio, being free or empty, the same root as vacant, vacate and vacuum. English vacation is a direct cognate. Spanish usually says it in the plural: las vacaciones. Sound: bah-kah-THYON, stress on the last syllable.