población

Formed from poblar +‎ -ción, or a semi-learned borrowing from Late Latin populātiō, populātiōnem from Latin populus (“people”).

población f (plural poblaciones)

1. population

• pueblu

Formed from poblar +‎ -ción, or a semi-learned borrowing from Late Latin populātiōnem from Latin populus (“people”).

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /poblaˈθjon/ [po.β̞laˈθjõn]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /poblaˈsjon/ [po.β̞laˈsjõn]

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• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: po‧bla‧ción

población f (plural poblaciones)

1. population (of a geographical region, a country, etc.)
2. town, village

   Synonyms: aldea, poblado, pueblo

3. (Chile) a low to middle-class neighborhood, usually in the periphery of a city or borough; a slum
4. (Philippines) a town center, or the barangay where one is located

• “población”, 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