detención
Galician
editEtymology
editLearned borrowing from Latin detentio, detentionem.
Pronunciation
edit
- Rhymes: -oŋ
- Hyphenation: de‧ten‧ción
Noun
editdetención f (plural detencións)
Related terms
editSpanish
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Latin dētentiōnem. Equivalent to detener + -ción.
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): (Spain) /detenˈθjon/ [d̪e.t̪ẽn̟ˈθjõn]
- IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /detenˈsjon/ [d̪e.t̪ẽnˈsjõn]
- Rhymes: -on
- Syllabification: de‧ten‧ción
Noun
editdetención f (plural detenciones)
- arrest
- guardarle bajo detención ― put under arrest
- detention
- stopping, halt
- thoroughness
- Synonym: detenimiento
- estudiar con detención ― study thoroughly
- analizar con detención ― analyse thoroughly
- observar con detención ― observe in detail
- fijar con detención ― look closely
- 1863, José Pastor de la Roca, La corona de fuego o los subterráneos de las torres de Altamira:
- Convirtió la vista entonces al flanco opuesto, y estimulado por la curiosidad, examinó con detención aquella parte del edificio […]
- He then moved his eyes to the opposite flank, and out of curiosity, he closely examined that part of the building [...]
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editFurther reading
edit- “detención”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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- Galician terms borrowed from Latin
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- Rhymes:Galician/oŋ
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- Rhymes:Spanish/on
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