delincuencia

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Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin dēlinquentia (compare Catalan delinqüència, Portuguese delinquência), from Latin dēlinquēns.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /delinˈkwenθja/
  • IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /delinˈkwensja/
  • Rhymes: -enθja
  • Rhymes: -ensja
  • Syllabification: de‧lin‧cuen‧cia

Noun

delincuencia f (plural delincuencias)

  1. (crime) crime, delinquency
    Synonym: crimen

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