justificación

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin iūstificātiōnem, from iūstificō, from Latin iūstus. By surface analysis, justificar +‎ -ción; cognate with Galician xustificación.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /xustifikaˈθjon/ [xus.t̪i.fi.kaˈθjõn]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /xustifikaˈsjon/ [xus.t̪i.fi.kaˈsjõn]
• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: jus‧ti‧fi‧ca‧ción

Noun

justificación f (plural justificaciones)

1. justification

Related terms

• justificante
• justificar

Further reading

• “justificación”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10