apetencia

See also: apetência

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin appetentia. Compare English appetence and appetency.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /apeˈtenθja/ [a.peˈt̪ẽn̟.θja]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /apeˈtensja/ [a.peˈt̪ẽn.sja]
• Rhymes: -enθja
• Rhymes: -ensja
• Syllabification: a‧pe‧ten‧cia

Noun

apetencia f (plural apetencias)

1. hunger, appetite

   Synonym: apetito

   Antonym: inapetencia

2. gaining of appetite

Derived terms

• inapetencia

 

Related terms

• apetecer
• apetente
• apetito

 

Further reading

• “apetencia”, 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