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75 words
Spanish word
globalización
Pronunciation
IPA/gloβaliθaˈθjon/
Meaning
- feminine nounglobalization
Example
La globalización facilita el comercio entre países.
Globalization facilitates trade between countries.
More examples
La globalización cultural une tradiciones de distintos países.
Cultural globalization unites traditions from different countries.
Core concept
Worldwide flow and mutual influence of people, goods, ideas, and customs.
Common phrases
impacto de la globalización
impact of globalization
procesos de globalización
processes of globalization
la globalización cultural
cultural globalization
Similar words
intercambio: Movement and swapping of people, products, or information between places.
internacionalización: Process of firms or institutions establishing ties and operations abroad.
interdependencia: Reciprocal dependence where nations or sectors influence and rely on each other.
integración: Bringing diverse people or components into a unified structure or community.
Definition in Spanish
Proceso por el que personas, bienes, ideas y costumbres se conectan e influyen mutuamente a escala mundial.
Word origin
The word is composed of global and the suffix -ización, with global tracing back to Latin globus 'sphere', so it refers to the process of making or becoming global.
Usage tips
- Commonly combined with fields (for example la globalización económica or la globalización cultural), with the descriptive adjective placed after the noun.
Other meanings
- internationalizationnoun
Opposites
- proteccionismoprotectionismnoun
Related words
- globalizarglobalizeverb
- globalizableglobalizableadjective