constitución

See also: Constitución and constitucion

Galician

Alternative forms

• constituizón, constituzón (superseded)
• constituiçom, constituição (reintegrationist)

Etymology

First attested in the 13th century as constituçon, constituyçon. From Latin cōnstitūtiō, cōnstitūtiōnem.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /konstituˈθjoŋ/ [kons̺.t̪i.t̪uˈθjoŋ]

• IPA^(key): (standard) /konstituˈθjoŋ/ [kons̺.t̪i.t̪uˈθjoŋ]
• IPA^(key): (seseo) /konstituˈsjoŋ/ [kons.t̪i.t̪uˈsjoŋ]

• Rhymes: -oŋ
• Hyphenation: cons‧ti‧tu‧ción

Noun

constitución f (plural constitucións)

1. constitution (all senses)
   • 1813, Manuel Pardo de Andrade, Rogos dun galego:

     Meigas, feitizos e bruxas
     que persigue a Inquisicion,
     sin mascara, socaliñas
     de cregos e frades son.
     Chamanlles bruxas à ás vellas
     por ter cara de carton;
     pero solamente hay meygas
     en donde hay Inquisicion.
     As femias da nosa especie
     de certa constitucion
     fan visaxes, e son tolas,
     pero feitizeiras non.

     Witches, spells and hexes,
     who are prosecuted by the Inquisition,
     maskless, hoaxes
     of priests and friars are.
     They call hex an old lady
     because her face is made of cardboard;
     but there are witches
     just where it is Inquisition.
     Females of our species,
     of certain constitution,
     make gestures, and are mad,
     but sorceresses they are not.

   • 1822, anonymous author, A Parola Polêteca:

     A Constetucion é a mellor ley que podemos desear. Somos libres pois que non reconocemos basallaxê. Temos goberno moy bó, unas Cortes que en nome do pobo poden tanto como Rey, po lo que é craro que nos mandamos tanto como o Rey.

     The Constitution is the best law we can look forward to. We are free because we don't acknowledge vassalage. We have quite a good government; a parliament that, in the name of the people, is as powerful as the King; and so it is evident that we are as powerful as the King.

Derived terms

• constitucional
• constitucionalidade
• constitucionalismo
• constitucionalista
• anticonstitucional
• inconstitucional

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “constituçon”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “constituç”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “constituyç”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “constitución”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “constitución”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “constitución”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cōnstitūtiōnem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /konstituˈθjon/ [kõns.t̪i.t̪uˈθjõn]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /konstituˈsjon/ [kõns.t̪i.t̪uˈsjõn]

• Audio (Colombia); [kõh.t̪i.t̪uˈsjõŋ]:

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• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: cons‧ti‧tu‧ción

Noun

constitución f (plural constituciones)

1. constitution (all senses)

Derived terms

• anticonstitucional
• constitucional
• constitucionalidad
• constitucionalismo
• constitucionalista
• inconstitucional

 

Related terms

• constituyente

 

Descendants

• → Cebuano: konstitusyon
• → Tagalog: konstitusyon

Further reading

• “constitución”, 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