potencia

See also: potenciá, potència, and potência

Catalan

Verb

potencia

1. third-person singular present indicative form of potenciar
2. second-person singular imperative form of potenciar

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /poˈtenθja/, [poˈt̪ẽn̟.θja]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /poˈtensja/, [poˈt̪ẽn.sja]
• Hyphenation: po‧ten‧cia

Etymology 1

From Latin potentia.

Noun

potencia f (plural potencias)

1. power, potency
2. powerlifting

Antonyms

• impotencia

Derived terms

• pluripotencia (“pluripotency”)
• tren de potencia

See also

• poder

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

potencia

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of potenciar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of potenciar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of potenciar.

Further reading

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