delincuencia

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin dēlinquentia (compare Catalan delinqüència, Portuguese delinquência), from Latin dēlinquēns.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Spain) /delinˈkwenθja/ [d̪e.lĩŋˈkwẽn̟.θja]
IPA^(key): (Latin America) /delinˈkwensja/ [d̪e.lĩŋˈkwẽn.sja]
(Spain) Rhymes: -enθja
(Latin America) Rhymes: -ensja
Syllabification: de‧lin‧cuen‧cia

Noun

delincuencia f (plural delincuencias)

(crime) crime, delinquency
Synonym: crimen

Derived terms

delincuencial

Related terms

Further reading

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

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