diligencia
See also: diligenciá, diligència, and diligência
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin dīligentia.
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
Noun
diligencia f (plural diligencias)
- diligence
- Synonym: medio
- errand
- stagecoach
Derived terms
- diligenciar
Related terms
- diligente
Verb
diligencia
- inflection of diligenciar:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Further reading
- “diligencia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014