pretenciosidad

Spanish

Etymology

From pretencioso +‎ -idad.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /pɾetenθjosiˈdad/ [pɾe.t̪ẽn̟.θjo.siˈð̞að̞]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /pɾetensjosiˈdad/ [pɾe.t̪ẽn.sjo.siˈð̞að̞]
• Rhymes: -ad
• Syllabification: pre‧ten‧cio‧si‧dad

Noun

pretenciosidad f (plural pretenciosidades)

1. pretentiousness

Further reading

• “pretenciosidad”, 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