diligencia

See also: diligenciá, diligència, and diligência

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /diliˈxenθja/ [d̪i.liˈxẽn̟.θja]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /diliˈxensja/ [d̪i.liˈxẽn.sja]
• Rhymes: -enθja
• Rhymes: -ensja
• Syllabification: di‧li‧gen‧cia

Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Latin dīligentia.

Noun

diligencia f (plural diligencias)

1. diligence

   Synonym: medio

2. errand

   Synonym: recado

3. stage-coach

   Synonym: calesa

Derived terms

• diligenciar

Related terms

• diligente

Etymology 2

Verb

diligencia

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

Further reading

• “diligencia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10