cesación

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Latin cēdō

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Italic *-tos

Latin -tus

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.

Proto-Italic *-ājō

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin -ō

Latin -tō

Latin cessō

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Proto-Indo-European *-Hō

Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō

Proto-Italic *-tiō

Latin -tiō

Latin cessātiōnembor.

Spanish cesación

Borrowed from Latin cessātiōnem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /θesaˈθjon/ [θe.saˈθjõn] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /sesaˈsjon/ [se.saˈsjõn] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: ce‧sa‧ción

Noun

cesación f (plural cesaciones)

1. cessation, stopping, giving up

   Synonyms: cese, (uncommon) cesamiento

Hyponyms

• cesación del fuego (“ceasefire”)

Related terms

• cesar

Further reading

• “cesación”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
• “cesación”, in Diccionario panhispánico de dudas [Panhispanic Dictionary of Uncertainties] (in Spanish), 2nd edition, Royal Spanish Academy; Association of Academies of the Spanish Language, 2023, →ISBN
• “cesación”, in Diccionario del estudiante [Dictionary of the Student] (in Spanish), third edition, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2016
• Seco, Manuel; Andrés, Olimpia; Ramos, Gabino (2023), “cesación”, in Diccionario del español actual [Dictionary of Current Spanish] (in Spanish), third digital edition, Fundación BBVA