competencia
See also: competència and competência
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin competentia.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kompeˈtenθja/ [kõm.peˈt̪ẽn̟.θja] (Spain)
- IPA(key): /kompeˈtensja/ [kõm.peˈt̪ẽn.sja] (Latin America, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -enθja (Spain)
- Rhymes: -ensja (Latin America, Philippines)
- Syllabification: com‧pe‧ten‧cia
Noun
competencia f (plural competencias)
- competence, expertise
- Synonym: pericia
- (law) jurisdiction, purview
- Synonym: jurisdicción
- (Latin America) competition
- Synonyms: concurso, competición
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “competencia”, 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