Category: EducationPart of speech: nounDifficulty: Common

educación

/educación/Roman

English meaning: Education

Definition

The process of acquiring knowledge and skills. Spain has a comprehensive free public education system and leading universities. Spain's education system has historically produced great scientists, philosophers, and artists. Spanish-language education reaches millions globally through DELE language certificates and Cervantes Institute cultural diplomacy.

Example

La educación pública gratuita es un derecho garantizado en España.

In English: Free public education is a guaranteed right in Spain.

Literary Heritage

Caminante, son tus huellas el camino y nada más.

Wanderer, your footprints are the road and nothing more.

Antonio Machado · Poet · Early 20th century

Proverbios y cantares

Machado, 'Caminante, son tus huellas', Proverbios y cantares (1912), Campos de Castilla, XXIX

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