beneficencia

See also: beneficència and beneficência

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin beneficentia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /benefiˈθenθja/ [be.ne.fiˈθẽn̟.θja]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /benefiˈsensja/ [be.ne.fiˈsẽn.sja]
• Rhymes: -enθja
• Rhymes: -ensja
• Syllabification: be‧ne‧fi‧cen‧cia

Noun

beneficencia f (plural beneficencias)

1. beneficence, charity

Derived terms

• casa de beneficencia

 

Further reading

• “beneficencia”, 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