indecencia

Spanish

Etymology

From in- +‎ decencia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /indeˈθenθja/ [ĩn̪.d̪eˈθẽn̟.θja]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /indeˈsensja/ [ĩn̪.d̪eˈsẽn.sja]
• Rhymes: -enθja
• Rhymes: -ensja
• Syllabification: in‧de‧cen‧cia

Noun

indecencia f (plural indecencias)

1. indecency
   • 2015 October 12, “Pobreza extrema”, in El País‎^[1]:

     Eso no es una indecencia, es una desvergüenza auténtica.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Related terms

• indecente

 

Further reading

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