Spanish Conversation · Level 64
76 words
Spanish word
corporación
Pronunciation
IPA/koɾpoɾaˈθjon/
Meaning
- feminine nouncompany
Example
Quiero trabajar en una corporación grande.
I want to work in a large company.
More examples
La corporación ofrece beneficios a sus empleados.
The company offers benefits to its employees.
Core concept
A legally recognized organization treated as one body that carries out business, industrial, or social activities.
Common phrases
trabajar para una corporación
work for a company
cambiar de corporación
switch companies
una corporación multinacional
a multinational company
Similar words
empresa: Commercial enterprise set up to produce or sell goods or services for profit.
compañía: Common name for a business used in ordinary conversation.
firma: Small-scale company or practice, typically an office or partnership.
entidad: Organized institution or unit, public or private, without specifying size.
Definition in Spanish
Organización que actúa como una sola persona jurídica para desarrollar actividades comerciales, industriales o sociales.
Word origin
It comes from Latin corporatio 'forming a body' (from corpus 'body'), meaning making a group into one body and developing into the legal idea of a unified organization.
Usage tips
- A somewhat formal term used in legal, business, and news contexts, while empresa or compañía is more common in everyday conversation.
Other meanings
- enterprisenoun
- corporationnoun
Opposites
- pequeña empresasmall companynoun
Related words
- corporativocorporateadjective