concepción

See also: concepcion, Concepcion, and Concepción

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin conceptiōnem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /konθebˈθjon/ [kõn̟.θeβ̞ˈθjõn]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /konsebˈsjon/ [kõn.seβ̞ˈsjõn]
• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: con‧cep‧ción

Noun

concepción f (plural concepciones)

1. (biology) conception (fertilization of an ovum by a sperm to form a zygote)
2. conception (image, idea, or notion formed in the mind)

Derived terms

• anticoncepción

Related terms

• concebir
• conceptivo
• concepto

Further reading

• “concepción”, 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