Polyglot Dictionary

bendición

/bendiˈsjon/

la noun B2

el (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
bendiciones

Meaning

  1. blessing

    • Pidió la bendición de sus padres.

      He asked for his parents' blessing.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

aprobación

aprobación is the direct, literal word for approval; bendición literally means a blessing, often religious, and only in the figurative idiom "dar su bendición" (to give one's blessing) does it mean approval — otherwise the words aren't interchangeable.

Similar in other languages

French

bénédiction

bénédiction is the French word for the same thing — both mean "blessing."

Portuguese

bênção

bênção is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "blessing."

Practice

1 What does bendición mean?

2 Fill the gap: Pidió la ___ de sus padres.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches bendición?

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