Words that end in -ción in Spanish
You arrive at night in a city you don't know, and almost everything you need to ask ends in -ción.
The phrase
¿Sabes si la estación de autobuses queda lejos de aquí?10 words10 sentences
The ten words
- estación/estaˈsjon/
stationnoun
Place where trains or buses stop for people to get on and off.
- dirección/diɾekˈsjon/
addressnoun
Street, number and neighborhood that say where a place is.
- ubicación/ubikaˈsjon/
locationnoun
The exact point where something or someone is.
- información/infoɾmaˈsjon/
informationnoun
Facts that explain something or answer a question.
- habitación/abitaˈsjon/
roomnoun
A room with a bed, made for sleeping.
- reservación/reseɾbaˈsjon/
reservationnoun
An arrangement to have a place or service held for you on a date.
- confirmación/konfiɾmaˈsjon/
confirmationnoun
Notice that something is now settled.
- recomendación/rekomendaˈsjon/
recommendationnoun
Advice about something good someone suggests you try or choose.
- circulación/siɾkulaˈsjon/
trafficnoun
The flow of cars and people through the streets.
- precaución/pɾekawˈsjon/
precautionnoun
Care you take beforehand to avoid a problem.
The sentences
¿Sabes si la estación de autobuses queda lejos de aquí?
Do you know if the bus station is far from here?
¿Me pasas la dirección del hotel para tomar un taxi?
Can you give me the hotel's address so I can take a taxi?
¿Me puedes mandar tu ubicación por mensaje para no perderme?
Can you send me your location by message so I don't get lost?
¿Sabes dónde está el módulo de información de la estación?
Do you know where the information desk in the station is?
Necesito una habitación para esta noche, porque llegué sin reservación.
I need a room for tonight, because I arrived without a reservation.
Hice una reservación en línea, ¿me la puede buscar, por favor?
I made a reservation online, can you look it up, please?
No me llegó la confirmación de la reservación por correo.
The confirmation of the reservation never came by email.
¿Me das una recomendación de dónde cenar cerca de aquí?
Can you recommend somewhere to eat dinner nearby?
A esta hora ya no hay mucha circulación en el centro.
At this hour there's not much traffic downtown anymore.
Por precaución, guarda el celular antes de salir del taxi.
As a precaution, put your phone away before you get out of the taxi.
Pronunciation
dirección/diɾekˈsjon/
The double c sounds like k plus s: direk-sión.
habitación/abitaˈsjon/
The h is silent; it starts just like the a in 'father'.
reservación/reseɾbaˈsjon/
The v sounds just like a b, and the stress falls on the last syllable: -ción.
recomendación/rekomendaˈsjon/
The r at the start is trilled, long, like the rr in 'burrito'.
circulación/siɾkulaˈsjon/
It has three c's: the one in ci and the one in ción sound like s, and the one in cu sounds like k.
precaución/pɾekawˈsjon/
cau is one syllable: the a and the u don't split.
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- How do you say "room" in Spanish?
- Habitación. You can say "Necesito una habitación para esta noche, porque llegué sin reservación."
- What's the Spanish word for a bus station?
- Estación. As in "¿Sabes si la estación de autobuses queda lejos de aquí?"
- What does circulación mean here?
- It means traffic, the cars and people moving through the streets, as in "A esta hora ya no hay mucha circulación en el centro."