intervención
intervention; speech
noun een-tehr-ben-SYOHN Less Common
Origin: From Latin interventio (a coming between).
Usage Note
Intervención spans multiple registers: a medical intervention (intervención quirúrgica = surgical procedure), a military or political intervention, and — in parliamentary or academic contexts — a speech or contribution to a debate (la intervención del ministro fue breve). The irregular plural is intervenciones. The verb is intervenir, which is also irregular: intervengo (yo).
Examples
"La intervención del médico fue necesaria."
Natural Translation
The doctor's intervention was necessary.
Literal Translation
The intervention of-the doctor was necessary
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