franquicia

See also: franquiciá

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /fɾanˈkiθja/ [fɾãŋˈki.θja]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /fɾanˈkisja/ [fɾãŋˈki.sja]
• Rhymes: -iθja
• Rhymes: -isja
• Syllabification: fran‧qui‧cia

Etymology 1

Noun

franquicia f (plural franquicias)

1. (business) chain, franchise (a series of businesses with the same brand name)
   • 2015 November 17, Carmen Pérez-Lanzac, “Las franquicias toman el centro”, in El País‎:

     Para Orioquieta el éxito de las franquicias es que el consumidor sabe qué va a encontrar.

     To Orioquieta, the success of chains is that the consumer knows what they are going to find.

2. (media) series, franchise
3. (insurance) deductible, co-payment

Derived terms

• franquiciar

 

Related terms

• franco

 

Etymology 2

Verb

franquicia

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

Further reading

• “franquicia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28