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Classical Nahuatl
Etymology
From Spanish penitencia, from Latin paenitentia.
Noun
penitencia
- penance
1565, Alonso de Molina, Confessionario mayor en la lengua Mexicana y Castellana, f. 9r:Auh vel timotlatemoliz, ynic yxquich vel tiquilnamiquiz motlatlacol yuan yxquich motlapal ticchiuaz, inic amo ytlacauiz mopenitencia
Y has de examinar bien tu conſciencia, a traer ala memoria todos tus peccados: y has de efforçarte quanto pudieres, aque no sea imfecta tu penitencia- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Portuguese
Noun
penitencia f (plural penitencias)
- Obsolete spelling of penitência.
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /peniˈtenθja/
- IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /peniˈtensja/
- Rhymes: -enθja
- Rhymes: -ensja
- Syllabification: pe‧ni‧ten‧cia
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Latin paenitentia.
Noun
penitencia f (plural penitencias)
- penance
Derived terms
Descendants
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
penitencia
- inflection of penitenciar:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
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