simulación
/simulaˈθjon/ · B2 · noun · f
simulation
🎮💻 simulación = simula + ción: sounds like 'seem-oo-la', it seems real but isn't
From Latin simulare, 'to make similar', related to similis ('like'). A simulación is an action (-ción) of making something similar to the real thing, so it seems real without being real.