iglesia

From Spanish iglesia.

• IPA^(key): /iˈɡlesja/, [iˈɡle.ʃa]
• Rhymes: -esja
• Hyphenation: i‧gle‧sia

iglesia (plural iglesias)

1. (Christianity) church

• yglesia, ygrecia, ylecia (obsolete or variant spellings)

Borrowed from Spanish iglesia (“church”), from Old Spanish eglesia, from Vulgar Latin eclesia, from Latin ecclēsia, from Ancient Greek ἐκκλησία (ekklēsía, “assembly”).

• IPA^(key): [i.leːˈsí.jaʔ]

iglesia (inanimate, plural iglesia)

1. (colonial, Christianity) (it is) a church.

iglesia (inanimate)

1. (colonial) (it is) the Roman Catholic Church.

• in santa iglesia

iglesia f (plural iglesias)

1. church

Borrowed from Spanish iglesia.

iglesia

1. church

Inherited from Old Spanish eglesia (9th century), a semi-learned descendant of Vulgar Latin eclesia, from Latin ecclēsia, from Ancient Greek ἐκκλησία (ekklēsía, “assembly”).

• IPA^(key): /iˈɡlesja/ [iˈɣ̞le.sja]

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• Rhymes: -esja
• Syllabification: i‧gle‧sia

iglesia f (plural iglesias)

1. (Christianity) church

• → Chavacano: iglesia
• → Classical Nahuatl: iglesia
• → Fala: iglesia
• Palenquero: ilesia
• → Papiamentu: iglesia
• → Tagalog: iglesya

• “iglesia”, 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