intención

See also: intencion

Galician

Alternative forms

• intençom, intenção (reintegrationist)
• intenzón (nonstandard spelling)

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese entençon (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), a borrowing from Latin intentiōnem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /intenˈθjoŋ/

Noun

intención f (plural intencións)

1. intention

   Synonym: propósito

   • 1324, A. García y García, editor, Synodicon hispanum I. Galicia, Madrid: Editorial Católica, page 17:

     Et nos, obispo, dayan et cabidoo sobreditos, veendo a boa entençon de vos, a clerizia et clerigos sobreditos, et que avedes zelo et amor da iglesia et de nos pera a aiudar a desendevedar, prometemos aa boa fe, assi commo a nos cae de prometer, de vos gardarmos et teermos esta graça sobredita, que vos fazemos

     And we, said Bishop, Deacon and Chapter, seeing your good intention, said clergy and clergymen, and that you have zeal and love for the church and for us to help and pay her debts, we promise in good faith, as befits us, to keep and maintain said grace that we make to you

2. (archaic) dispute, conflict

   Synonyms: disputa, conflito

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “entençon”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “entençon” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “intenzón”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “intención”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “intención”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Further reading

• “intención”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024

Hungarian

Etymology

intenció +‎ -n

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈintɛnt͡sijoːn]
• Hyphenation: in‧ten‧ci‧ón

Noun

intención

1. superessive singular of intenció

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin intentiōnem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /intenˈθjon/ [ĩn̪.t̪ẽn̟ˈθjõn]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /intenˈsjon/ [ĩn̪.t̪ẽnˈsjõn]
• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: in‧ten‧ción

Noun

intención f (plural intenciones)

1. intention

   Synonym: pretención

   Perdón, no fue mi intención. ― Sorry, that wasn't my intention.

Derived terms

• el infierno está empedrado de buenas intenciones
• malintencionado
• segunda intención
• tener buenas intenciones

 

Related terms

• intender
• intentar
• intento

 

Further reading

• “intención”, 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