noun, feminine/kanˈθjon/plural: canciones
song
Related: canción de cuna, canción de gesta, canción de trilla, canción protesta, cancionista, nueva canción, ser otra canción
Semi-learned borrowing from Latin cantiōnem f (accusative singular), modified from the original Old Spanish cançón f, which was directly inherited, based on -ción. Compare Portuguese canção f, Catalan cançó f, French chanson f, Italian canzone f. Doublet of chanson m. Compare English cantor.