evaluación
/ebalwaˈθjon/feminine
The English word "evaluation" is translated into Spanish as evaluación.
Meaning: assessment (noun)
Which one should you use?
While evaluación is the standard term, you may also encounter valoración, which is a formal synonym used to express assessment or appraisal. If you are referring specifically to the standards or rules used to perform an assessment, use the phrase Criterio de Evaluación (evaluation criteria).
How does it change in a sentence?
evaluación is a feminine noun. Because of this, it requires feminine articles such as la or una. If you want to express the action of performing an evaluation, you should use the verb evaluar (to evaluate).
How do you pronounce it?
/ebalwaˈθjon/
Did you know?
- While evaluación is used for assessments, Spanish speakers often use the verb valorar to describe the emotional act of appreciating someone's worth or efforts.
- In various Latin American schools, a teacher's assessment is often called a calificación, which emphasizes the final numerical grade rather than the overall process of evaluación.
- In Spain, the synonym valoración is typically preferred over evaluación when assessing the quality of fine art or the price of precious objects.
Examples in context
- BLEU (Bilingual Evaluation Understudy) es un método de evaluación de la calidad de traducciones realizadas por sistemas de traducción automática. Una traducción tiene mayor calidad cuanto más similar es con respecto a otra de referencia, que se supone correcta.BLEU (Bilingual Evaluation Understudy) is a method for evaluating the quality of translations made by machine translation systems. The higher the quality of a translation, the more similar it is to a reference translation, which is assumed to be correct.This sentence explains how the term evaluación is used in the context of measuring the quality of machine translations.Tatoeba #8315936 by GuidoW, translation #8315938 by GuidoW
- El profesor realizará una evaluación de los conocimientos adquiridos durante el curso.The teacher will conduct an evaluation of the knowledge acquired during the course.
- Los analistas realizaron una valoración exhaustiva del informe presentado.The analysts conducted a comprehensive evaluation of the submitted report.
- Los alumnos deben cumplir con todos los criterios de evaluación para aprobar la asignatura.Students must meet all the evaluation criteria in order to pass the subject.
- Vamos a evaluar cómo funcionó el proyecto en su conjunto.Let's evaluate how the project worked as a whole.
- Quiero valorar tus esfuerzos durante todo este tiempo.I want to evaluate/appreciate your efforts throughout this time.
- La evaluación de los empleados fue positiva.The employee evaluation was positive.
- Necesitamos una evaluación técnica del proyecto.We need a technical evaluation of the project.
Example conversation
Alejandro and María are discussing a performance review at work.
- Alejandro¿Ya recibiste tu evaluación de desempeño?Did you receive your performance evaluation yet?
- MaríaSí, Alejandro, mi evaluación fue muy buena.Yes, Alejandro, my evaluation was very good.
- AlejandroMe alegro mucho por ti, María.I am very happy for you, María.
- MaríaGracias, espero que la tuya también sea buena.Thanks, I hope yours is also good.
Sources
- Wiktionary, “evaluation” translations and entries evaluación, CC BY-SA 4.0, dump of 2026-09-26.
- Example sentences: Tatoeba CC BY 2.0 FR.
