realización

From realizar +‎ -ción.

• IPA^(key): /realiθaˈθjon/ [re.a.li.θaˈθjõn] (Spain, Equatorial Guinea)
• IPA^(key): /realisaˈsjon/ [re.a.li.saˈsjõn] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: re‧a‧li‧za‧ción

realización f (plural realizaciones)

1. realization, actualization (process of making something real, act of becoming real or concrete)
2. implementation, conducting, carrying out, execution (e.g. of a project or of measures)
3. completion, fulfillment, achievement
4. making (e.g. making of a purchase, a flight, a trip, a visit)
5. (linguistics) performance

• Realización is a false friend, and does not mean "realization" in the sense of sudden understanding. The word for this kind of "realization" in Spanish is comprensión.

• “realización”, 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