somnolencia
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin somnolentia, derived from Latin somnus (“sleep”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /somnoˈlenθja/ [sõm.noˈlẽn̟.θja] (Spain)
- IPA(key): /somnoˈlensja/ [sõm.noˈlẽn.sja] (Latin America, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -enθja (Spain)
- Rhymes: -ensja (Latin America, Philippines)
- Syllabification: som‧no‧len‧cia
Noun
somnolencia f (plural somnolencias)
- drowsiness, sleepiness
- Synonym: soñolencia
Related terms
Further reading
- “somnolencia”, 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