oposición

See also: oposicion

Galician

Alternative forms

• oposiçom, oposição (reintegrationist)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₁óp(i)

Proto-Italic *op

Latin ob

Latin ob-

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep

Proto-Indo-European *-o

Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó

Proto-Indo-European *h₂pó

Proto-Italic *po

Proto-Indo-European *teḱ-

Proto-Indo-European *-éyti

Proto-Indo-European *tḱéytibf.

Proto-Indo-European *tḱey-

Proto-Indo-European *-né-

Proto-Indo-European *-ti

Proto-Indo-European *tḱinéti

Proto-Italic *sinō

Proto-Italic *pozinō

Latin pōnō

Latin oppōnō

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Proto-Indo-European *-Hō

Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō

Proto-Italic *-tiō

Latin -tiō

Latin oppositiōnemlbor.

Galician oposición

Learned borrowing from Latin oppositiōnem.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɔposiˈθjoŋ/ [ɔ.po.s̺iˈθjoŋ]

• IPA^(key): (standard) /ɔposiˈθjoŋ/ [ɔ.po.s̺iˈθjoŋ]
• IPA^(key): (seseo) /ɔposiˈsjoŋ/ [ɔ.po.siˈsjoŋ]

• Rhymes: -oŋ
• Hyphenation: o‧po‧si‧ción

Noun

oposición f (plural oposicións)

1. opposition

Further reading

• “oposición”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026

Spanish

Alternative forms

• opo (exams)

Etymology

From Latin oppositiōnem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /oposiˈθjon/ [o.po.siˈθjõn] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /oposiˈsjon/ [o.po.siˈsjõn] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: o‧po‧si‧ción

Noun

oposición f (plural oposiciones)

1. opposition
   • 2017 May 27, Matt Egan, “Trump quiere perforar petróleo en el frágil refugio de vida salvaje de Alaska”, in CNN en Español‎^[1]:

     Abrir el refugio de Alaska a la perforación requiere una acción del Congreso y los ecologistas ya prometen una fuerte oposición.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. (Spain, often in the plural) a civil service entrance examination

   Synonym: opos

Derived terms

• en oposición a
• opositor

Related terms

• opositar

Further reading

• “oposición”, 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