quintaesencia

quintaesencia f (uncountable)

1. quintessence

• IPA^(key): /kintaeˈsenθja/ [kĩn̪.t̪a.eˈsẽn̟.θja] (Spain)
• IPA^(key): /kintaeˈsensja/ [kĩn̪.t̪a.eˈsẽn.sja] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -enθja (Spain)
• Rhymes: -ensja (Latin America, Philippines)
• Syllabification: quin‧ta‧e‧sen‧cia

Borrowed from Latin quinta essentia (literally “fifth element”).

quintaesencia f (plural quintaesencias)

1. quintessence

quintaesencia

1. inflection of quintaesenciar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• “quintaesencia”, 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