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fijación

fixation; fastening

noun fee-hah-SYOHN Rare

Usage Note

Fijación covers both the physical sense of securing something in place and the psychological sense of an obsessive attachment. In everyday speech tener una fijación con algo means to be obsessed with something. The plural fijaciones is regular.

Examples

"Tiene una fijación con el orden en su casa."

Natural Translation

He has a fixation with order in his house.

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