implicación

implication, involvement

noun eem-plee-kah-SYOHN Rare

Origin: from Latin implicatio (entanglement)

Also means

consequence

Usage Note

Implicación has two distinct senses learners must keep apart: active involvement in something (su implicación en el caso — his involvement in the case) and a logical or practical consequence (las implicaciones de esta decisión). The plural implicaciones almost always signals the second sense. Spanish-English false-friend caution: English 'implication' maps to both senses, but Spanish implicación (involvement) is more concrete than it first appears.

Examples

"Su implicación en el proyecto fue clave."

Natural Translation

Her involvement in the project was key.

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