deferencia
See also: deferência
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin dēferentis, from dēferēns + -entīs.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /defeˈɾenθja/ [d̪e.feˈɾẽn̟.θja] (Spain, Equatorial Guinea)
- IPA(key): /defeˈɾensja/ [d̪e.feˈɾẽn.sja] (Latin America, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -enθja (Spain, Equatorial Guinea)
- Rhymes: -ensja (Latin America, Philippines)
- Syllabification: de‧fe‧ren‧cia
Noun
deferencia f (plural deferencias)
Related terms
Further reading
- “deferencia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025