apetencia
See also: apetência
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin appetentia. Compare English appetence and appetency.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /apeˈtenθja/ [a.peˈt̪ẽn̟.θja] (Spain)
- IPA(key): /apeˈtensja/ [a.peˈt̪ẽn.sja] (Latin America, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -enθja (Spain)
- Rhymes: -ensja (Latin America, Philippines)
- Syllabification: a‧pe‧ten‧cia
Noun
apetencia f (plural apetencias)
- hunger, appetite
- Synonym: apetito
- Antonym: inapetencia
- gaining of appetite
Derived terms
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Further reading
- “apetencia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024