cuestión

See also: cuestion

Asturian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin quaestiō, quaestiōnem.

Noun

cuestión f (plural cuestiones)

1. matter, question

Galician

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin quaestiōnem.

Noun

cuestión f (plural cuestións)

1. question

   Synonyms: interrogación, pregunta

   Antonyms: contestación, resposta

2. a matter for concern; issue to be addressed

Spanish

Alternative forms

• custión (Chile, eye dialect)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin quaestiōnem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kwesˈtjon/ [kwesˈt̪jõn]

• Audio (Latin America):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: cues‧tión

Noun

cuestión f (plural cuestiones)

1. matter, question, issue

   Synonym: asunto

   Es cuestión de vida y muerte.

   It’s a matter of life and death.

2. (nonstandard, anglicism) a question; a sentence that asks for information
3. (Chile, colloquial) thing

Usage notes

• In the sense of "sentence that asks for information", pregunta is generally preferred. Using cuestión in this sense may be considered nonstandard or an anglicism.

Derived terms

• cuestión clave (“key issue”)
• cuestión de tiempo
• en cuestión
• en cuestión de
• estado de la cuestión

 

See also

• pregunta f

Further reading

• “cuestión”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28