Usage Note
Ampliación covers both physical enlargements (ampliación de una foto — 'photo enlargement') and abstract growth (ampliación de la UE — 'EU expansion'). It derives from ampliar ('to expand/enlarge'). The written accent on the ó is required because the stress falls on the last syllable of this -ción noun.
Examples
"La ampliación del aeropuerto llevará dos años."
Natural Translation
The airport expansion will take two years.
Literal Translation
The expansion of-the airport will-carry two years.
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