This is the 3678th most frequent Spanish word.
oposiciones
Competitive public exams for government or civil service positions in Spain.
In this context, 'oposiciones' refers to the competitive state exams conducted to access certain public service positions in Spain.
Ella se está preparando para las oposiciones de maestra.
She is preparing for the competitive exams to become a teacher.
Here, 'oposiciones' represents the general process or system of selecting candidates for public jobs.
Las oposiciones para el puesto ya terminaron.
The selection process for the position has already ended.
In this sentence, 'oposiciones' is used to indicate the entire method or concept of competitive state examinations in Spain.