• detençom,detenção(reintegrationist)

Learned borrowing fromLatindetentio, detentionem.

• Rhymes:-oŋ
• Hyphenation:de‧ten‧ción

detención f (pluraldetencións)

1. detention
2. arrest

   Synonym:arresto

• “detención”, inDicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña:Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026

Borrowed fromLatindētentiōnem. Equivalent todetener +‎-ción.

• IPA^(key): /detenˈθjon/[d̪e.t̪ẽn̟ˈθjõn](Spain,Equatorial Guinea)
• IPA^(key): /detenˈsjon/[d̪e.t̪ẽnˈsjõn](Latin America,Philippines)
• Rhymes:-on
• Syllabification:de‧ten‧ción

detención f (pluraldetenciones)

1. arrest

   Synonym:arresto

   guardarle bajodetención ―to put underarrest

2. detention
3. stopping,halt
4. thoroughness

   Synonym:detenimiento

   estudiar condetención ―studythoroughly

   analizar condetención ―analysethoroughly

   observar condetención ―observein detail

   fijar condetención ―lookclosely

   • 1863, José Pastor de la Roca,La corona de fuego o los subterráneos de las torres de Altamira:

     Convirtió la vista entonces al flanco opuesto, y estimulado por la curiosidad, examinócon detención aquella parte del edificio[…]

     He then moved his eyes to the opposite flank, and out of curiosity, heclosely examined that part of the building [...]

• “detención”, inDiccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1,Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish:Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

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