nupcias

Borrowed from Latin nuptiās.

• IPA^(key): /ˈnubθjas/ [ˈnuβ̞.θjas] (Spain)
• IPA^(key): /ˈnubsjas/ [ˈnuβ̞.sjas] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -ubθjas (Spain)
• Rhymes: -ubsjas (Latin America, Philippines)
• Syllabification: nup‧cias

nupcias f pl (plural only)

1. wedding, nuptials

   se casó en primeras nupcias

   she married for the first time

   • 1906, Benito Pérez Galdós, La vuelta al mundo en la Numancia:

     Enviudó Mendaro el 59 y se embarcó para el Perú, donde contrajo segundas nupcias.

     In '59 Mendaro became a widower and set sail for Peru, where he got married for the second time.

• boda f
• casamiento m

• “nupcias”, 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