Spanish Conversation · Level 10
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Spanish word
sistema
Pronunciation
IPA/sisˈtema/
Meaning
- masculine nounsystem
Example
¿Cómo funciona el sistema de salud aquí?
How does the health care system work here?
More examples
El sistema educativo necesita más recursos.
The education system needs more resources.
Core concept
Organized set of rules, procedures, and components.
Common phrases
sistema de salud
healthcare system
sistema educativo
education system
sistema político
political system
sistema de transporte
transport system
Similar words
organización: Organization that coordinates people and activities toward a common purpose.
institución: Institution that serves a sustained public or professional purpose.
procedimiento: Procedure that lays out ordered steps to complete a particular task.
mecanismo: Mechanism that produces a particular effect by the interaction of parts.
Definition in Spanish
Conjunto de normas, procesos y elementos interdependientes que organizan y regulan la actividad en un contexto social, técnico o natural.
Word origin
Borrowed into medieval Latin as systema from Greek σύστημα, built from σύν 'together' plus ἵστημι 'stand', originally meaning 'that which stands together'.
Usage tips
- Spanish commonly forms instances with 'sistema de + noun' (for example 'sistema de clasificación', 'sistema de salud'), so expect that word order rather than English noun-first phrasing.
Opposites
- caoschaosnoun
- anarquíaanarchynoun
Related words
- sistemáticosystematicadjective
- sistematizarsystematizeverb
- sistematizaciónsystematizationnoun