realización

Spanish

Etymology

From realizar +‎ -ción.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /realiθaˈθjon/ [re.a.li.θaˈθjõn]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /realisaˈsjon/ [re.a.li.saˈsjõn]
• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: re‧a‧li‧za‧ción

Noun

realización f (plural realizaciones)

1. realization, actualization (process of making something real, act of becoming real or concrete)
2. implementation, conducting, carrying out, execution (e.g. of a project or of measures)
3. completion, fulfillment, achievement
4. making (e.g. making of a purchase, a flight, a trip, a visit)
5. (linguistics) performance

Usage notes

• Realización is a false friend, and does not mean "realization" in the sense of sudden understanding. The word for this kind of "realization" in Spanish is comprensión.

Derived terms

• autorrealización
• control de realización

Further reading

• “realización”, 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