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conversación

conversation

noun kohn-behr-sah-SYOHN Less Common
Communication Speech

Origin: From Latin conversatio (act of living with), from conversari (to keep company with).

Usage Note

Conversación ends in -ción, so its plural is conversaciones with a stress shift (the accent mark drops because stress then falls naturally on the penultimate syllable). Mantener una conversación (to hold a conversation) and entablar conversación (to strike up a conversation) are common collocations. The informal charla (chat) is preferred in casual registers.

Examples

"Tuvimos una conversación muy interesante."

Natural Translation

We had a very interesting conversation.

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