promoción

Galician

Alternative forms

• promoçom, promoção (reintegrationist)

Etymology

Cognate with Catalan promoció.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pɾomoˈθjoŋ/ [pɾo.moˈθjoŋ]

• IPA^(key): (standard) /pɾomoˈθjoŋ/ [pɾo.moˈθjoŋ]
• IPA^(key): (seseo) /pɾomoˈsjoŋ/ [pɾo.moˈsjoŋ]

• Rhymes: -oŋ
• Hyphenation: pro‧mo‧ción

Noun

promoción f (plural promocións)

1. promotion

Spanish

Etymology

Cognate with Catalan promoció.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /pɾomoˈθjon/ [pɾo.moˈθjõn]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /pɾomoˈsjon/ [pɾo.moˈsjõn]
• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: pro‧mo‧ción

Noun

promoción f (plural promociones)

1. promotion
2. advocacy
3. advancement, fostering, furthering, furtherance (i.e. improvement of conditions)
4. class, year (specifically, a graduating class)
5. promo, promotion (on television)

Usage notes

• Promoción is rarely used to mean a "promotion" as in elevation of position in one's job. For a promotion at work, use ascenso.

Derived terms

• promocional
• promocionar

Related terms

• promover

Further reading

• “promoción”, 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