intervención

intervention; speech

noun een-tehr-ben-SYOHN Less Common

Origin: From Latin interventio (a coming between).

Usage Note

Intervención spans multiple registers: a medical intervention (intervención quirúrgica = surgical procedure), a military or political intervention, and — in parliamentary or academic contexts — a speech or contribution to a debate (la intervención del ministro fue breve). The irregular plural is intervenciones. The verb is intervenir, which is also irregular: intervengo (yo).

Examples

"La intervención del médico fue necesaria."

Natural Translation

The doctor's intervention was necessary.

Literal Translation

The intervention of-the doctor was necessary

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