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Accion

Acción is the feminine Spanish noun meaning action, act, or activity. It derives from Latin actio through Old French action and has entered Spanish with its current spelling and accent, which marks the stress on the syllable ción.

In grammar and usage, acción is a singular noun with plural acciones. It can refer to any

Common senses of the word include everyday activity, a legal or civil action, and, in finance, the

In culture and media, acción is widely used to describe the action genre in film and television,

In social sciences, acción social refers to behavior that takes the presence and potential actions of others

Etymologically, acción reflects its Latin roots in actio, related to doing and making.

act
or
process
of
doing
something,
from
a
physical
deed
to
an
ongoing
event.
The
term
also
appears
in
specialized
phrases
such
as
acción
legal
(legal
action
or
lawsuit)
and
acción
de
responsabilidad.
plural
form
acciones
refers
to
shares
or
stocks
in
a
company.
In
business
contexts,
comprar
acciones
means
to
buy
shares,
while
emitir
acciones
means
to
issue
stock.
known
as
películas
de
acción
or
series
de
acción.
The
term
also
appears
in
discussions
of
narrative
pace
and
choreography
in
combat
or
stunt
sequences.
into
account,
a
concept
associated
with
sociologists
such
as
Max
Weber.
In
philosophy
and
physics,
acción
denotes
the
action
in
the
sense
of
a
quantity
that
summarizes
the
dynamics
of
a
system;
in
physics,
the
action
integral
is
used
in
the
principle
of
least
action,
and
in
mathematics,
una
acción
describes
the
action
of
a
group
on
a
set.