creencia

Asturian

Noun

creencia f (plural creencies)

1. alternative form of creyencia

Spanish

Etymology

From creer +‎ -encia or a semi-learned modification of the Old Spanish creença < Medieval Latin or Late Latin crēdentia, from Latin crēdēns. Compare the doublet credencia. Cognates include English credence, French croyance, French créance, Italian credenza, Portuguese crença, Romanian credință.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɾeˈenθja/ [kɾeˈẽn̟.θja] (Spain)
• IPA^(key): /kɾeˈensja/ [kɾeˈẽn.sja] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -enθja (Spain)
• Rhymes: -ensja (Latin America, Philippines)
• Syllabification: cre‧en‧cia

Noun

creencia f (plural creencias)

1. belief

Related terms

• creer

Further reading

• “creencia”, 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