Words that end in "tion"

Question

I noticed that most English words that end in "tion" are the same or nearly the same in Spanish except that in Spanish the ending is "ción". What words do not fit that pattern?

Good question! - --Mariana--, Mar 19, 2012

Thanks Mariana:) - Ranman, Mar 19, 2012

Answer 1

Wow...hmmm....most do fit that pattern.

I can only think of words that are totally different, e.g., Elation = entusiasmo.

P.s. Don't forget that when you use -ción in the plural, you drop the accent mark, e.g., explicación and explicaciones, because in plural the stress falls on the correct syllable.

Thanks Mariana, but I looked up Elacion and it is a word that means Elation. Sorry I can't use accents. - Ranman, Mar 19, 2012

Answer 2

Floccilation, serration, truncation, trepidation, litigation, crenelation. Maybe buccalization and pharyngealization.

Don't think I'll need any of those in my line of work. - Ranman, Mar 20, 2012

Answer 3

'Gumption' and 'junction' perhaps? There might be a historical reluctance to append the Latin suffix -ción to non-Latin roots, so you might search for mixed-etymology words in the scientific and medical lexicons. For example, 'methyl' is French from the Greek, so I'd like to see the Spanish word for 'transmethylation'. 'Ideation' might work also. You should hurry before Spanglish overpowers the RAE.

Answer 4

Umm, registration? It is an almost direct adaptation from Latin, retaining the second letter "t" (which seems to have become "d" in Spanish) and keeping the original "ion" (which seems to have been dropped in Spanish).

consecration ?? this seems to come out from "consagrar" in Spanish and would be ?? consagrando??