somnolencia
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Late Latin somnolentia, derived from Latin somnus (“sleep”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): (Spain) /somnoˈlenθja/ [sõm.noˈlẽn̟.θja]
- IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /somnoˈlensja/ [sõm.noˈlẽn.sja]
- Rhymes: -enθja
- Rhymes: -ensja
- Syllabification: som‧no‧len‧cia
Noun
[edit]somnolencia f (plural somnolencias)
- drowsiness, sleepiness
- Synonym: soñolencia
Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “somnolencia”, 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
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- Rhymes:Spanish/enθja
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- Rhymes:Spanish/ensja
- Rhymes:Spanish/ensja/4 syllables
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