vuecelencia

Spanish

Alternative forms

• vuecencia

Etymology

Blend of vue(stra) +‎ (ex)celencia, literally “your excellency”.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bweθeˈlenθja/ [bwe.θeˈlẽn̟.θja] (Spain)
• IPA^(key): /bweseˈlensja/ [bwe.seˈlẽn.sja] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -enθja (Spain)
• Rhymes: -ensja (Latin America, Philippines)
• Syllabification: vue‧ce‧len‧cia

Noun

vuecelencia m or f by sense (plural vuecelencias)

1. your excellency

Descendants

• → Sicilian: vuscenza (via the contracted Spanish variant vuecencia)
  • → Italian: voscenza

Further reading

• “vuecelencia”, 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