observancia

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See also: observância

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin observantia.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /obseɾˈbanθja/
  • IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /obseɾˈbansja/
  • Rhymes: -anθja
  • Rhymes: -ansja
  • Syllabification: ob‧ser‧van‧cia

Noun

observancia f (plural observancias)

  1. observance
    • 2015 October 17, “Más neuronas, menos hormonas”, in El País:
      Por ejemplo, cuando autorizó en 2006 la apertura de la franquicia de Playboy en Indonesia, el país musulmán más poblado del mundo y uno de los más estrictos en la observancia de la moral.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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