Spanish word

identificación

Pronunciation

IPA/iðentifikaˈθjon/

Meaning

  • feminine nounidentity card

Example

Por favor, muéstrame tu identificación.

Please show me your identity card.

Illustration for identificación (identity card)

More examples

En la oficina de inmigración te pedirán la identificación.

At the immigration office they will ask you for your identification.

Core concept

Photo identity document issued by an authority.

Common phrases

  • mostrar la identificación

    show identification

  • comprobar la identificación

    check identification

  • tarjeta de identificación

    identity card

Similar words

tarjeta de identidad: Government-issued national identity card bearing the holder's photo.
pasaporte: Official travel document that certifies a person's identity and nationality.
documento: Official document that records legal facts or a person's official status.
permiso de conducir: Official license that permits the holder to drive a motor vehicle.

Definition in Spanish

Documento oficial, normalmente con foto, que prueba la identidad de una persona.

Word origin

From Spanish identificar, itself from Latin identificare (idem 'same' + facere 'to make'), with -ción forming the noun for either the act of identifying or the document used to identify someone.

Usage tips

  • Common ways to ask for it are ¿Tiene identificación? or ¿Me muestra su identificación? when someone requests to see an ID.

Other meanings

  • proof of identitynoun
  • identificationnoun

Opposites

Related words

Word lists with this word