"cuestión" meaning in Spanish

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Noun

IPA: /kwesˈtjon/, [kwesˈt̪jõn] Forms: cuestiones [plural]
Rhymes: -on Etymology: Borrowed from Latin quaestiōnem. Etymology templates: {{glossary|loanword|Borrowed}} Borrowed, {{bor|es|la|quaestiō|quaestiōnem||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Latin quaestiōnem, {{bor+|es|la|quaestiō|quaestiōnem}} Borrowed from Latin quaestiōnem Head templates: {{es-noun|f}} cuestión f (plural cuestiones)
  1. matter, question, issue Tags: feminine Synonyms: asunto
    Sense id: en-cuestión-es-noun-dF9dTiKo
  2. (nonstandard, anglicism) a question; a sentence that asks for information Tags: feminine, nonstandard
    Sense id: en-cuestión-es-noun-f-lAu4W5 Categories (other): Spanish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Spanish entries with incorrect language header: 16 83 2
  3. (Chile, colloquial) thing Tags: Chile, colloquial, feminine
    Sense id: en-cuestión-es-noun-XelNaRrj Categories (other): Chilean Spanish
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: custión [Chile, pronunciation-spelling] Derived forms: cuestión clave (english: key issue), cuestión de tiempo, en cuestión, en cuestión de, estado de la cuestión Related terms: pregunta [feminine]

Inflected forms

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      "word": "cuestión clave"
    },
    {
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      "word": "cuestión de tiempo"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "en cuestión"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "en cuestión de"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "estado de la cuestión"
    }
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      },
      "expansion": "Latin quaestiōnem",
      "name": "bor"
    },
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  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Latin quaestiōnem.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "cuestiones",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
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      },
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    }
  ],
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  ],
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  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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      ],
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    }
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        {
          "english": "It’s a matter of life and death.",
          "text": "Es cuestión de vida y muerte.",
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        }
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        {
          "word": "asunto"
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      ],
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    },
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          "thing",
          "thing"
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        "(Chile, colloquial) thing"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Chile",
        "colloquial",
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kwesˈtjon/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kwesˈt̪jõn]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-on"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Chile",
        "pronunciation-spelling"
      ],
      "word": "custión"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cuestión"
}
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    "Spanish lemmas",
    "Spanish nouns",
    "Spanish terms borrowed from Latin",
    "Spanish terms derived from Latin",
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    {
      "english": "key issue",
      "word": "cuestión clave"
    },
    {
      "word": "cuestión de tiempo"
    },
    {
      "word": "en cuestión"
    },
    {
      "word": "en cuestión de"
    },
    {
      "word": "estado de la cuestión"
    }
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        "g3": "",
        "id": "",
        "lit": "",
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        "plural"
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    }
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        "1": "f"
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  ],
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  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pregunta"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "categories": [
        "Spanish terms with usage examples"
      ],
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        {
          "english": "It’s a matter of life and death.",
          "text": "Es cuestión de vida y muerte.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "matter, question, issue"
      ],
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          "matter",
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        ],
        [
          "question",
          "question"
        ],
        [
          "issue",
          "issue"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "asunto"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
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      "categories": [
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      "glosses": [
        "a question; a sentence that asks for information"
      ],
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          "question",
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      "qualifier": "anglicism",
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      ],
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        "thing"
      ],
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          "thing",
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        "(Chile, colloquial) thing"
      ],
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        "Chile",
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        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kwesˈtjon/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kwesˈt̪jõn]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-on"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Chile",
        "pronunciation-spelling"
      ],
      "word": "custión"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cuestión"
}

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