somnolencia

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin somnolentia, derived from Latin somnus (“sleep”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /somnoˈlenθja/ [sõm.noˈlẽn̟.θja]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /somnoˈlensja/ [sõm.noˈlẽn.sja]
• Rhymes: -enθja
• Rhymes: -ensja
• Syllabification: som‧no‧len‧cia

Noun

somnolencia f (plural somnolencias)

1. drowsiness, sleepiness

   Synonym: soñolencia

Related terms

• somnoliento

 

Further reading

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