residencia

Borrowed from Spanish residencia.

residencia (plural residencias)

1. In Spanish countries, a court or trial held by a newly elected official, such as the governor of a province, to examine the conduct of a predecessor.

• erinaceids

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin residentia, from Latin residēns (“residing”), from resideō (“to reside”), from re- + sedeō (“to sit”).

residencia f (plural residencias)

1. residence (time spent living)

   Dez anos de residencia no noso país e casi non fala galego. ― After ten years of residence in the country, he barely speaks Galician.

2. residence, home (the place where one lives)

   Teño a miña residencia en Valencia, pero sempre estou viaxando. ― I have my residence in Valencia, but I am always travelling.

3. old people's home, rest home, nursing home (a place of residence for people who require assistance from carers)

   Synonyms: residencia de maiores, residencia de anciáns, (usually pejorative) asilo

4. old people's home, retirement village, retirement home, residence for the elderly (a place of residence for people who require little or no assistance from carers)

   Synonyms: residencia de maiores, residencia de anciáns, (usually pejorative) asilo

• residente
• residir

• domicilio

• “residencia”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, since 2012

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /resiˈdenθja/ [re.siˈð̞ẽn̟.θja]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /resiˈdensja/ [re.siˈð̞ẽn.sja]
• (Spain) Rhymes: -enθja
• (Latin America) Rhymes: -ensja
• Syllabification: re‧si‧den‧cia

Borrowed from Medieval Latin residentia, from Latin residēns (“residing”), from resideō (“to reside”), from re- + sedeō (“to sit”).

residencia f (plural residencias)

1. residence (time spent living)

   Diez años de residencia en nuestro país y no habla casi español.

   After ten years of residence in the country, he barely speaks Spanish.

2. residence, home (the place where one lives)

   Tengo mi residencia en Valencia, pero siempre estoy viajando.

   I have my residence in Valencia, but I am always travelling.

3. old people's home, rest home, nursing home (a place of residence for people who require assistance from carers)

   Synonyms: residencia de mayores, residencia de ancianos, (usually pejorative) asilo

4. old people's home, retirement village, retirement home, residence for the elderly (a place of residence for people who require little or no assistance from carers)

   Synonyms: residencia de mayores, residencia de ancianos, (usually pejorative) asilo

• domicilio

residencia

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

• “residencia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
• “residencia” in Lexico, Oxford University Press.