somnolencia

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin somnolentia, derived from Latin somnus (“sleep”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Spain) /somnoˈlenθja/ [sõm.noˈlẽn̟.θja]
IPA^(key): (Latin America) /somnoˈlensja/ [sõm.noˈlẽn.sja]
(Spain) Rhymes: -enθja
(Latin America) Rhymes: -ensja
Syllabification: som‧no‧len‧cia

Noun

somnolencia f (plural somnolencias)

drowsiness, sleepiness
Synonym: soñolencia

Related terms

somnoliento

Further reading

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

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