Cognates pattern

The -sion words: -sión in Spanish, -sione in Italian

The quieter sibling of -tion — decision, television, passion — bends exactly the same way.

Formula-sion → -sión → -sioneFamilyCognates

television

televisión

televisione

-sion → -sión → -sione

The rule

Right alongside -tion sits -sion: decision, television, expansion, passion. It follows the identical logic — -sión in Spanish, -sione in Italian — so learning it costs almost nothing once you have -tion.

Spanish marks the stress with an accent on the -sión; Italian ends in the unstressed -sione. The stem, again, barely moves.

More words this unlocks

decision

decisión

decisione

-sion → -sión → -sione

passion

pasión

passione

-sion → -sión → -sione

Related patterns

Cognates
-tion → -ción → -zione
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Suffixes
-ty → -dad → -tà
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