continencia

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /kontiˈnenθja/ [kõn̪.t̪iˈnẽn̟.θja]
  • IPA(key): (Latin America) /kontiˈnensja/ [kõn̪.t̪iˈnẽn.sja]
  • (Spain) Rhymes: -enθja
  • (Latin America) Rhymes: -ensja
  • Syllabification: con‧ti‧nen‧cia

Noun

continencia f (plural continencias)

  1. continence, self-control
    • 2015 October 12, “Lionel Messi, su papá y el banquillo de Gavá”, in El País:
      A fuerza de teorías conspiratorias, nacionalismos de vía estrecha, laberintos societarios para engañar a la Hacienda pública y mensajes simples de catecismo, el ámbito del fútbol se ha convertido en una tundra inhóspita vedada para la racionalidad y la continencia verbal.
      By dint of conspiracy theories, narrow-track nationalisms, corporate mazes to deceive the Public Treasury and simple catechism messages, the field of soccer has become an inhospitable tundra forbidden for rationality and verbal continence.

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