noun, feminine/retenˈθjon/plural: retenciones
retention; hold-up, jam, traffic jam
Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re- Proto-Indo-European *ten- Proto-Indo-European *tn̥-eh₁-(ye)-tider. Proto-Italic *tenēō Latin teneō Latin retineō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin retentiōnembor. Spanish retención Borrowed from Latin retentiōnem.