demencia

See also: demência and demència

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dementia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /deˈmenθja/ [d̪eˈmẽn̟.θja]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /deˈmensja/ [d̪eˈmẽn.sja]

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• Rhymes: -enθja
• Rhymes: -ensja
• Syllabification: de‧men‧cia

Noun

demencia f (plural demencias)

1. dementia
2. madness

Derived terms

• demencial

 

Related terms

• demente

 

Further reading

• “demencia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16