ocasión

/okaˈsjon/

la noun B1

el (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral
Word fingerprint: Register: neutral. Era: current. Frequency: common. Domain: general. Connotation: neutral.

Forms

plural
ocasiones

Meaning

  1. occasion

    • Es una ocasión especial.

      It is a special occasion.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual
Meaning fingerprint: Category: thing. Concreteness: concrete. Animacy: inanimate. Countability: countable. Scope: individual.

Similar words

vez

ocasión and vez are close synonyms for "occasion, time," largely interchangeable.

Similar in other languages

Portuguese

ocasião

ocasião is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "occasion."

Practice

1 What does ocasión mean?

2 Fill the gap: Es una ___ especial.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches ocasión?

noun

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