sucesión

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin successiōnem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /suθeˈsjon/ [su.θeˈsjõn]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /suseˈsjon/ [su.seˈsjõn]
• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: su‧ce‧sión

Noun

sucesión f (plural sucesiones)

1. succession
2. (mathematics) sequence
3. (law) inheritance (act of inheriting, not the thing inherited)

Derived terms

• subsucesión (“subsequence”)
• sucesional

 

Related terms

• suceder

 

Further reading

• “sucesión”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28