nupcias

See also: núpcias

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin nuptiās.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /ˈnubθjas/ [ˈnuβ̞.θjas]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /ˈnubsjas/ [ˈnuβ̞.sjas]
• Rhymes: -ubθjas
• Rhymes: -ubsjas
• Syllabification: nup‧cias

Noun

nupcias f pl (plural only)

1. wedding, nuptials

   se casó en primeras nupcias

   she married for the first time

   • 1906, Benito Pérez Galdós, La vuelta al mundo en la Numancia:

     Enviudó Mendaro el 59 y se embarcó para el Perú, donde contrajo segundas nupcias.

     In '59 Mendaro became a widower and set sail for Peru, where he got married for the second time.

See also

• boda f
• casamiento m

Further reading

• “nupcias”, 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