misión

misión f (plural misiones)

1. mission

Borrowed from Latin missiōnem. Cognate with English mission.

• IPA^(key): /miˈsjon/ [miˈsjõn]
• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: mi‧sión

misión f (plural misiones)

1. mission, quest
2. mission, task, assignment
3. (Christianity, Roman Catholicism, religion) mission
4. mission (a building used as a base for missionary work)
5. (military) tour of duty

   Synonyms: periodo de servicio, período de servicio

• misión inútil, misión imposible (“fool's errand”)

• “misión”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10