descendencia

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin dēscendentia, from Latin dēscendēns. Compare Italian discendenza.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /desθenˈdenθja/
  • IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /desenˈdensja/
  • Rhymes: -enθja
  • Rhymes: -ensja
  • Syllabification: des‧cen‧den‧cia

Noun

descendencia f (plural descendencias)

  1. descendancy
  2. descendant
    Synonym: descendiente

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