quincena

From quince (“fifteen”) +‎ -ena.

• IPA^(key): /kinˈθena/ [kĩn̟ˈθe.na] (Spain)
• IPA^(key): /kinˈsena/ [kĩnˈse.na] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -ena
• Syllabification: quin‧ce‧na

quincena f (plural quincenas)

1. (time) a period of fifteen days
2. (time) a half month period, specially applied for wage payment
3. (economics) wage payment amount (in a half month period)

• For wage periods, it may begin from first day to 15th of month, called primera ("first"), or from 16th to last day of month, called segunda ("second").
• Second half of months having 31, and of February, are also called quincena, in spite of not having 15 days.

• → Cebuano: kinsena

• quinquenio

• “quinceno”, 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