Estasyon

station; terminalnoun

Alternative meanings

station
transport terminal or stop
place where a service operates
bus or train station
police station
radio or television station

Pronunciation

es-tah-SYON

Root and affixes

Borrowed from Spanish “estación,” adapted as estasyon in Cebuano. With -an it appears as estasyonan, which can refer to a terminal or station where vehicles stop.

Variants or conjugations

estasyon = station
estasyonan = terminal / transport station
estasyon sa bus = bus station
estasyon sa tren = train station
estasyon sa pulis = police station
estasyon sa radyo = radio station

Related words and expressions

terminal = terminal
bus = bus
tren = train
pulis = police
radyo = radio
telebisyon = television
biyahe = trip / travel
dalan = road

Meaning and usage notes

Use estasyon for station as a fixed place: transportation, police, radio, television, or service. If estación means season of the year, use panahon in general, or specific words like ting-init for dry/hot season and ting-ulan for rainy season.