descendencia

See also: descendència and descendência

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin dēscendentia, from Latin dēscendēns. Compare Italian discendenza.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Spain) /desθenˈdenθja/ [d̪es.θẽn̪ˈd̪ẽn̟.θja]
IPA^(key): (Latin America) /desenˈdensja/ [d̪e.sẽn̪ˈd̪ẽn.sja]
(Spain) Rhymes: -enθja
(Latin America) Rhymes: -ensja
Syllabification: des‧cen‧den‧cia

Noun

descendencia f (plural descendencias)

descendancy
descendant
Synonym: descendiente

Related terms

descender

Further reading

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

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