cuestión
See also: cuestion
Asturian
Galician
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin quaestiōnem.
Noun
cuestión f (plural cuestións)
- question
- Synonyms: interrogación, pregunta
- Antonyms: contestación, resposta
- a matter for concern; issue to be addressed
Spanish
Alternative forms
- custión (Chile, eye dialect)
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin quaestiōnem.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kwesˈtjon/ [kwesˈt̪jõn]
- (Latin America)
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -on
- Syllabification: cues‧tión
Noun
cuestión f (plural cuestiones)
Usage notes
- In the sense of "sentence that asks for information", pregunta is generally preferred. Using cuestión in this sense may be considered nonstandard or an anglicism.
Derived terms
- cuestión clave (“key issue”)
- cuestión de tiempo
- en cuestión
- en cuestión de
- estado de la cuestión
See also
- pregunta f
Further reading
- “cuestión”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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