legislación

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin lēgislātiōnem (“the giving of the law”); By surface analysis, legislar +‎ -ción.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /lexislaˈθjon/ [le.xis.laˈθjõn]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /lexislaˈsjon/ [le.xis.laˈsjõn]
• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: le‧gis‧la‧ción

Noun

legislación f (plural legislaciones)

1. legislation

Related terms

• legislativo

Descendants

• → Cebuano: lehislasyon
• → Tagalog: lehislasyon

Further reading

• “legislación”, 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