promoción
Galician edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Cognate with Catalan promoció.
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -oŋ
- Hyphenation: pro‧mo‧ción
Noun edit
promoción f (plural promocións)
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Cognate with Catalan promoció.
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): (Spain) /pɾomoˈθjon/ [pɾo.moˈθjõn]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /pɾomoˈsjon/ [pɾo.moˈsjõn]
- Rhymes: -on
- Syllabification: pro‧mo‧ción
Noun edit
promoción f (plural promociones)
- promotion
- advocacy
- advancement, fostering, furthering, furtherance (i.e. improvement of conditions)
- class, year (specifically, a graduating class)
- promo, promotion (on television)
Usage notes edit
- 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 edit
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “promoción”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014