gobernación

Inherited from Old Spanish gouernaçion, governaçion, from Latin gubernātiōnem (“direction, management, government”), or based on Old Spanish gouernar (“to govern”). Analytically from gobernar (“to govern”) +‎ -ción.

• IPA^(key): /ɡobeɾnaˈθjon/ [ɡo.β̞eɾ.naˈθjõn] (Spain, Equatorial Guinea)
• IPA^(key): /ɡobeɾnaˈsjon/ [ɡo.β̞eɾ.naˈsjõn] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: go‧ber‧na‧ción

gobernación f (plural gobernaciones)

1. government, governance

• “gobernación”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025