comunión

communion

noun koh-moo-NYOHN Rare

Also means

fellowship, sharing

Usage Note

Comunión has a religious primary sense — the Catholic sacrament, and specifically Primera Comunión ('First Communion'), a major social and family event in Spanish-speaking culture. It also carries a philosophical or spiritual sense of 'deep fellowship' or 'being in communion with nature'. The verb is comulgar; comulgar con una idea figuratively means 'to be in agreement with an idea'.

Examples

"La niña hizo su Primera Comunión el domingo."

Natural Translation

The girl made her First Communion on Sunday.

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