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Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin somnolentia, derived from Latin somnus (“sleep”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /somnoˈlenθja/
- IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /somnoˈlensja/
- Rhymes: -enθja
- Rhymes: -ensja
- Syllabification: som‧no‧len‧cia
Noun
somnolencia f (plural somnolencias)
- drowsiness, sleepiness
- Synonym: soñolencia
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