sociedad
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin societātem (“society, community”), from socius (“associated, allied; partner, companion, ally”). The senses of "company" and "association" were later borrowings.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /soθjeˈdad/ [so.θjeˈð̞að̞]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /sosjeˈdad/ [so.sjeˈð̞að̞]
Audio (Colombia): (file) - Rhymes: -ad
- Syllabification: so‧cie‧dad
Noun
sociedad f (plural sociedades)
- society, social order
- high society
- community
- Synonym: comunidad
- company, firm, corporation
- Synonym: compañía
- association, partnership
- Synonyms: asociación, consorcio
Derived terms
- contrato de sociedad
- juego de sociedad
- sociedad anónima
- sociedad civil
- sociedad cooperativa
- sociedad de gananciales
- sociedad de responsabilidad limitada
- sociedad en comandita
- sociedad limitada
- sociedad regular colectiva
- sociedad secreta
Related terms
Descendants
- → Cebuano: sosyidad
Further reading
- “sociedad”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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