penitencia
See also: penitência
Classical Nahuatl edit
Etymology edit
From Spanish penitencia, from Latin paenitentia.
Noun edit
penitencia
- penance
- 1565, Alonso de Molina, Confessionario mayor en la lengua Mexicana y Castellana, f. 9r:
- Auh vel timotlatemoliz, ynic yxquich vel tiquilnamiquiz motlatlacol yuan yxquich motlapal ticchiuaz, inic amo ytlacauiz mopenitencia
Y has de examinar bien tu conſciencia, [par]a traer ala memoria todos tus peccados: y has de efforçarte quanto pudieres, [par]aque no sea im[per]fecta tu penitencia- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Portuguese edit
Noun edit
penitencia f (plural penitencias)
- Obsolete spelling of penitência
Spanish edit
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): (Spain) /peniˈtenθja/ [pe.niˈt̪ẽn̟.θja]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /peniˈtensja/ [pe.niˈt̪ẽn.sja]
- (Spain) Rhymes: -enθja
- (Latin America) Rhymes: -ensja
- Syllabification: pe‧ni‧ten‧cia
Etymology 1 edit
Borrowed from Latin paenitentia.
Noun edit
penitencia f (plural penitencias)
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
- → Classical Nahuatl: penitencia
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb edit
penitencia
- inflection of penitenciar:
Further reading edit
- “penitencia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014