diligencia

See also: diligenciá, diligència, and diligência

Spanish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Spain) /diliˈxenθja/ [d̪i.liˈxẽn̟.θja]
IPA^(key): (Latin America) /diliˈxensja/ [d̪i.liˈxẽn.sja]
(Spain) Rhymes: -enθja
(Latin America) Rhymes: -ensja
Syllabification: di‧li‧gen‧cia

Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Latin dīligentia.

Noun

diligencia f (plural diligencias)

diligence
Synonym: medio
errand
Synonym: recado
stage-coach
Synonym: calesa

Derived terms

diligenciar

Related terms

diligente

Verb

diligencia

inflection of diligenciar:
1. third-person singular present indicative
2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

“diligencia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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