tercia
See also: terciá
Spanish edit
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): (Spain) /ˈteɾθja/ [ˈt̪eɾ.θja]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /ˈteɾsja/ [ˈt̪eɾ.sja]
- (Spain) Rhymes: -eɾθja
- (Latin America) Rhymes: -eɾsja
- Syllabification: ter‧cia
Etymology 1 edit
From tercio (“one-third, a third”) and Latin tertius. As a unit of length, in reference to the pie forming one-third of the vara (Spanish yard or rod).
Noun edit
tercia f (plural tercias)
- (historical) Synonym of pie (the Spanish foot, a traditional unit of length)
Adjective edit
tercia
Etymology 2 edit
Verb edit
tercia
- inflection of terciar:
Further reading edit
- “tercio”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014