potencia

See also: potenciá, potència, and potência

Catalan

Verb

potencia

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

Portuguese

Verb

potencia

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

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /poˈtenθja/ [poˈt̪ẽn̟.θja]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /poˈtensja/ [poˈt̪ẽn.sja]
• (Spain) Rhymes: -enθja
• (Latin America) Rhymes: -ensja
• Syllabification: 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. inflection of potenciar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

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