agencia

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See also: agenciá, agència, and agência

Catalan

Verb

agencia

  1. inflection of agenciar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /aˈxenθja/
  • IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /aˈxensja/
  • Audio (Venezuela):(file)
  • Rhymes: -enθja
  • Rhymes: -ensja
  • Syllabification: a‧gen‧cia

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin agentia.

Noun

agencia f (plural agencias)

  1. agency (the office or function of an agent)
  2. agency (an establishment engaged in doing business for another)
  3. branch (a location of an organization)
    Synonym: sucursal
  4. agency (administrative unit of government)
  5. (Philippines) pawnshop
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Hiligaynon: ahensya
  • Tagalog: ahensiya

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

agencia

  1. inflection of agenciar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

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