quintaesencia

Galician

Noun

quintaesencia f (uncountable)

1. quintessence

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /kintaeˈsenθja/ [kĩn̪.t̪a.eˈsẽn̟.θja]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /kintaeˈsensja/ [kĩn̪.t̪a.eˈsẽn.sja]
• (Spain) Rhymes: -enθja
• (Latin America) Rhymes: -ensja
• Syllabification: quin‧ta‧e‧sen‧cia

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin quinta essentia (literally “fifth element”).

Noun

quintaesencia f (plural quintaesencias)

1. quintessence

Related terms

• quintaesencial
• quintaesenciar

 

Etymology 2

Verb

quintaesencia

1. inflection of quintaesenciar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

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