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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)
- descendancy
- descendant
- Synonym: descendiente
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