incoación

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin incohatus. Cognate with English inchoation.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /inkoaˈθjon/ [ĩŋ.ko.aˈθjõn]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /inkoaˈsjon/ [ĩŋ.ko.aˈsjõn]
• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: in‧co‧a‧ción

Noun

incoación f (plural incoaciones)

1. (law, formal) start, or commencement, or initiation

   Auto de incoación del sumario ― Order of initiation of summary proceedings.

Further reading

• “incoación”, 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