ampliaciónampliação

Ampliación in Spanish and ampliação in Portuguese are cognate nouns that denote enlargement, extension, or expansion. The combined form “ampliaciónampliação” is not an established single term in either language, but may appear in bilingual texts to refer to the same concept across Spanish and Portuguese. Both terms derive from the Latin verb ampliare, through the Spanish suffix -ación and the Portuguese suffix -ação, respectively.

In Spanish, ampliación is used to describe a physical increase in size (for example, the ampliación de una casa or la ampliación de una carretera) as well as an expansion of scope or capacity (ampliación de funciones, ampliación de memoria, ampliación de capital). In technical or infrastructural contexts, it can refer to the extension of software, networks, or facilities. The plural form is ampliaciones.

In Portuguese, ampliação serves a parallel function, indicating enlargement of space, extension of services, or growth of a business. It also appears in computing contexts to denote memory expansion. The corresponding verb is ampliar (to enlarge), with a similar range of uses, and the noun ampliação is common in formal or official language. Plurals are ampliações.

Orthographically, ampliación carries the Spanish tilde on the ó and the final -ción, whereas ampliação uses nasal ã and the suffix -ção, reflecting Portuguese orthography and pronunciation. Phonetically, the stress patterns differ: am-pli-a-ción in Spanish versus am-pli-ação in Portuguese.

Etymologically, both terms share Latin roots in ampliare, with the modern suffixes -ción and -ção shaping the noun forms in Spanish and Portuguese. They are parallel lexical items across the two languages, enabling cross-linguistic discussion of enlargement, extension, and expansion concepts.