Kilo Lingo

la

feminine

/koɱfiɾmaˈθjon/

Line drawing of confirmación
Coloured illustration of confirmación
#3871 of 5,000 Core 5000

Translation

confirmation

Word origin

From Latin confirmatio, confirmationis, from confirmare ('to strengthen, establish'), from con- (intensive) plus firmare ('to make firm'), from firmus ('firm'). The same root gives English 'confirmation'.

Origin
Latin
Root
confirmatio
English cognates
confirmation, firm

Grammar

Genderfeminine
Pluralconfirmaciones

Examples

reserva .

I received confirmation of my booking by email.

.

We are waiting for the official confirmation.

¿ ?

Do you already have the flight confirmation?

sospechas.

His silence was a confirmation of my suspicions.

escrito .

We need written confirmation before we continue.

Add to review queue

Track this word in your spaced-repetition queue and be tested on it at the right interval.

Go to my review queue

This word is part of lesson 78.