formation

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/fɔːrˈmeɪʃən/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/fɔrˈmeɪʃən/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(fôr mā′shən)

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WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2026:

Principal Translations
InglésEspañol
formation n (creation)formación nf
  creación nf
  fundación nf
 Astrophysicists try to understand the formation of the universe.
 Los astrofísicos tratan de entender la formación del universo.
formation n (process of forming)formación nf
  constitución nf
 The medical student studied the formation of bone tissue on artificial substrates.
 El estudiante de medicina estudió la formación del tejido óseo en materiales artificiales.
formation n (geology)formación nf
 The geologist spent two years working on a formation in the Grand Canyon.
 El geólogo se pasó dos años trabajando en la formación del Gran Cañón.
formation n (of people) (militar)formación nf
 The soldiers stood still in formation.
 Los soldados permanecieron en formación.
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WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2026:

Compound Forms:
InglésEspañol
back formation n (linguistics: word creation method) (Lingüística)derivación regresiva loc nom f
formation costs npl (fees charged for business start-up)costo de registro nm
 ¿Cuál es el costo del registro de la empresa?
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'formation' aparece también en las siguientes entradas:
In the English description:
association - boots and saddles - branching - calyx - cancer-causing - carbonization - cavitation - chelation - constitution - cracking - crystallization - dendrite - echelon - elevation - encystment - extended order - folded rock - foliation - fretwork - gallstone - gastrulation - gelation - hematopoiesis - hoodoo - icing - individuation - inflection - ionic lattice - ionization - knot - layering - line - morphological - nucleation - ossification - outlier - phalanx - polymerization - reassortment - right - scaling - screen - scrum - social contract - stalactite - stalagmite - starburst - ulceration - umbel - volcanism
Spanish:
constitución - formación - constitutivo - desfilar - evolución - evolucionar - formación rocosa - investigador en formación - pedogénesis - petrogénesis - piogenia

Collocations: [in, during] the formation process, the formation pattern, [tumor, cancer, ozone, cell] formation, more...

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