intención

• intençom, intenção (reintegrationist)
• intenzón (nonstandard spelling)

From Old Galician-Portuguese entençon (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), a borrowing from Latin intentiōnem.

• Rhymes: -oŋ
• Hyphenation: in‧ten‧ción

intención f (plural intencións)

1. intention

   Synonym: propósito

   • 1324, A. García y García, editor, Synodicon hispanum I. Galicia, Madrid: Editorial Católica, page 17:

     Et nos, obispo, dayan et cabidoo sobreditos, veendo a boa entençon de vos, a clerizia et clerigos sobreditos, et que avedes zelo et amor da iglesia et de nos pera a aiudar a desendevedar, prometemos aa boa fe, assi commo a nos cae de prometer, de vos gardarmos et teermos esta graça sobredita, que vos fazemos

     And we, said Bishop, Deacon and Chapter, seeing your good intention, said clergy and clergymen, and that you have zeal and love for the church and for us to help and pay her debts, we promise in good faith, as befits us, to keep and maintain said grace that we make to you

2. (archaic) dispute, conflict

   Synonyms: disputa, conflito

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “entençon”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “entençon” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “intenzón”, 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), “intención”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “intención”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

• “intención”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

intenció +‎ -n

• IPA^(key): [ˈintɛnt͡sijoːn]
• Hyphenation: in‧ten‧ci‧ón

intención

1. superessive singular of intenció

Borrowed from Latin intentiōnem.

• IPA^(key): /intenˈθjon/ [ĩn̪.t̪ẽn̟ˈθjõn] (Spain)
• IPA^(key): /intenˈsjon/ [ĩn̪.t̪ẽnˈsjõn] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: in‧ten‧ción

intención f (plural intenciones)

1. intention

   Synonym: pretención

   Perdón, no fue mi intención. ― Sorry, that wasn't my intention.

• “intención”, 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