quintaesencia

Galician

Noun

quintaesencia f (uncountable)

quintessence

Spanish

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

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

Noun

quintaesencia f (plural quintaesencias)

quintessence

Related terms

Verb

quintaesencia

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

Further reading

“quintaesencia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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