residencia
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Spanish residencia.
Noun
[edit]residencia (plural residencias)
- (historical) In the Spanish Empire, a court, trial, or hearing held by a newly elected official, such as the governor of a province, to examine the conduct of a predecessor.
- 1883, Hubert Howe Bancroft, History of Mexico, volume 3, Chapter 25:
- It was ordered that his residencia be taken in secret by the new viceroy, and a public investigation proclaimed and concluded within forty days. The marquis refused to hold a secret residencia, alleging that it was necessary for Revilla Gigedo to depart for Spain previous to taking any steps in the matter.
References
[edit]- “residencia”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Anagrams
[edit]Galician
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin residentia, from Latin residēns (“residing”), from resideō (“to reside”), from re- + sedeō (“to sit”).
Pronunciation
[edit]
- Hyphenation: re‧si‧den‧cia
Noun
[edit]residencia f (plural residencias)
- residence (time spent living)
- Dez anos de residencia no noso país e casi non fala galego. ― After ten years of residence in the country, he barely speaks Galician.
- residence, home (the place where one lives)
- Teño a miña residencia en Valencia, pero sempre estou viaxando. ― I have my residence in Valencia, but I am always travelling.
- old people's home, rest home, nursing home (a place of residence for people who require assistance from carers)
- Synonyms: residencia de maiores, residencia de anciáns, (usually pejorative) asilo
- old people's home, retirement village, retirement home, residence for the elderly (a place of residence for people who require little or no assistance from carers)
- Synonyms: residencia de maiores, residencia de anciáns, (usually pejorative) asilo
Related terms
[edit]See also
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “residencia”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024
Spanish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): (Spain) /resiˈdenθja/ [re.siˈð̞ẽn̟.θja]
- IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /resiˈdensja/ [re.siˈð̞ẽn.sja]
- Rhymes: -enθja
- Rhymes: -ensja
- Syllabification: re‧si‧den‧cia
Etymology 1
[edit]Borrowed from Medieval Latin residentia, from Latin residēns (“residing”), from resideō (“to reside”), from re- + sedeō (“to sit”).
Noun
[edit]residencia f (plural residencias)
- residence (time spent living)
- Diez años de residencia en nuestro país y no habla casi español.
- After ten years of residence in the country, he barely speaks Spanish.
- residence, home (the place where one lives)
- Tengo mi residencia en Valencia, pero siempre estoy viajando.
- I have my residence in Valencia, but I am always travelling.
- old people's home, rest home, nursing home (a place of residence for people who require assistance from carers)
- Synonyms: residencia de mayores, residencia de ancianos, (usually pejorative) asilo
- old people's home, retirement village, retirement home, residence for the elderly (a place of residence for people who require little or no assistance from carers)
- Synonyms: residencia de mayores, residencia de ancianos, (usually pejorative) asilo
- (historical) residencia
Related terms
[edit]See also
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]Verb
[edit]residencia
- inflection of residenciar:
Further reading
[edit]- “residencia”, 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
- “residencia” in Lexico, Oxford University Press.
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