dolencia
Spanish
Etymology
Semi-learned term taken from Latin dolentia.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /doˈlenθja/ [d̪oˈlẽn̟.θja] (Spain)
- IPA(key): /doˈlensja/ [d̪oˈlẽn.sja] (Latin America, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -enθja (Spain)
- Rhymes: -ensja (Latin America, Philippines)
- Syllabification: do‧len‧cia
Noun
dolencia f (plural dolencias)
- ailment, illness
- Synonyms: achaque, malestar, enfermedad
Related terms
Further reading
- “dolencia”, 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