población

Formed from poblar +‎ -ción, or a semi-learned borrowing from Late Latin populātiō, populātiōnem from Latin populus (“people”).

• IPA^(key): /poblaˈθjon/ [po.β̞laˈθjõŋ]
• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: po‧bla‧ción

población f (plural poblaciones)

1. population

• Xosé Lluis García Arias (2002–2004), “población”, in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana [General Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Spanish), Editorial Prensa Asturiana, →ISBN
• “población”, in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana [Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Asturian), 1ª edición, Academia de la Llingua Asturiana, 2000, →ISBN

Formed from poblar +‎ -ción, or a semi-learned borrowing from Late Latin populātiōnem from Latin populus (“people”).

• IPA^(key): /poblaˈθjon/ [po.β̞laˈθjõn] (Spain, Equatorial Guinea)
• IPA^(key): /poblaˈsjon/ [po.β̞laˈsjõn] (Latin America, Philippines)

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• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: po‧bla‧ción

población f (plural poblaciones)

1. population (of a geographical region, a country, etc.)
2. town, village

   Synonyms: aldea, poblado, pueblo

3. (Chile) a low to middle-class neighborhood, usually in the periphery of a city or borough; a slum

   Synonym: pobla

4. (Philippines) a town center, or the barangay where one is located

• → Tagalog: poblasyon

• “población”, 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
• “población”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010
• Manuel Seco; Olimpia Andrés; Gabino Ramos (3 August 2023), “población”, in Diccionario del español actual [Dictionary of Current Spanish] (in Spanish), third digital edition, Fundación BBVA [BBVA Foundation]