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Spanish
Etymology
Inherited from Old Spanish enzia, from Latin gingīva, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵyewh₁-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /enˈθia/
- IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /enˈsia/
- Rhymes: -ia
- Syllabification: en‧cí‧a
Noun
encía f (plural encías)
- (usually in the plural, anatomy) gum
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