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iniciación

initiation

noun ee-nee-syah-SYOHN Rare
People & Society Community

Also means

beginning

Usage Note

Iniciación carries a sense of formal or ceremonial beginning — an iniciación into a club, ritual, or discipline — distinguishing it from the neutral inicio ('start'). It is feminine (la iniciación), like all nouns ending in -ción.

Examples

"El rito de iniciación duró tres días."

Natural Translation

The initiation rite lasted three days.

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