prudencia
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin prūdentia. Compare English prudence.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pɾuˈdenθja/ [pɾuˈð̞ẽn̟.θja] (Spain)
- IPA(key): /pɾuˈdensja/ [pɾuˈð̞ẽn.sja] (Latin America, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -enθja (Spain)
- Rhymes: -ensja (Latin America, Philippines)
- Syllabification: pru‧den‧cia
Noun
prudencia f (plural prudencias)
- caution, care, prudence
- Antonym: imprudencia
Derived terms
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Further reading
- “prudencia”, 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