audición

Galician

Alternative forms

• audiçom, audição (Reintegrationist)

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin audītiōnem.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /awdiˈθjoŋ/ [ɑw.ð̞iˈθjoŋ]

• IPA^(key): (standard) /awdiˈθjoŋ/ [ɑw.ð̞iˈθjoŋ]
• IPA^(key): (seseo) /awdiˈsjoŋ/ [ɑw.ð̞iˈsjoŋ]

• Rhymes: -oŋ
• Hyphenation: au‧di‧ción

Noun

audición f (plural audicións)

1. audition

Related terms

• audiencia

Further reading

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

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin auditiōnem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /audiˈθjon/ [au̯.ð̞iˈθjõn]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /audiˈsjon/ [au̯.ð̞iˈsjõn]
• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: au‧di‧ción

Noun

audición f (plural audiciones)

1. hearing (the act by which something is heard)
2. hearing (the sense used to perceive sound)

   Synonym: oído

3. public entertainment, show:
   1. concert (a musical entertainment in which several voices or instruments take part)

      Synonym: concierto

   2. reading (an event at which written material is read aloud)

      Synonym: lectura

   3. recital

      Synonym: recital

4. audition (a performance, by an aspiring performer, to demonstrate suitability or talent)

Derived terms

• audicionar

 

Related terms

• audible
• audiencia
• auditoría
• auditorio
• inaudito

 

Further reading

• “audición”, 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