diferencia

See also: diferenciá, diferència, diferencià, and differencia

Catalan

Verb

diferencia

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

Galician

Verb

diferencia

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

Portuguese

Verb

diferencia

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

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /difeˈɾenθja/ [d̪i.feˈɾẽn̟.θja]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /difeˈɾensja/ [d̪i.feˈɾẽn.sja]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -enθja
• Rhymes: -ensja
• Syllabification: di‧fe‧ren‧cia

Etymology 1

From Latin differentia.

Noun

diferencia f (plural diferencias)

1. difference

   Debemos tener presente la diferencia entre cantidad y calidad.

   We should bear in mind the difference between quantity and quality.

Derived terms

• a diferencia de
• diferenciar

Related terms

• diferente

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

diferencia

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

Further reading

• “diferencia”, 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