compasión
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin compassiōnem, from Latin compatior. Cognate with Catalan compassió.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kompaˈsjon/ [kõm.paˈsjõn]
- Rhymes: -on
- Syllabification: com‧pa‧sión
Noun
compasión f (plural compasiones)
- compassion
- Synonym: piedad
- sympathy
- Synonym: simpatía
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “compasión”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024