penitencia

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See also: penitência

Classical Nahuatl

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Etymology

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From Spanish penitencia, from Latin paenitentia.

Noun

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penitencia

  1. penance
    • 1565, Alonso de Molina, Confessionario mayor en la lengua Mexicana y Castellana, f. 9r:
      Auh vel timotlatemoliz, ynic yxquich vel tiquilnamiquiz motlatlacol yuan yxquich motlapal ticchiuaz, inic amo ytlacauiz mopenitencia
      Y has de examinar bien tu conſciencia, [par]a traer ala memoria todos tus peccados: y has de efforçarte quanto pudieres, [par]aque no sea im[per]fecta tu penitencia
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Portuguese

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Noun

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penitencia f (plural penitencias)

  1. Obsolete spelling of penitência.

Spanish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (Spain) /peniˈtenθja/ [pe.niˈt̪ẽn̟.θja]
  • IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /peniˈtensja/ [pe.niˈt̪ẽn.sja]
  • Rhymes: -enθja
  • Rhymes: -ensja
  • Syllabification: pe‧ni‧ten‧cia

Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Latin paenitentia.

Noun

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penitencia f (plural penitencias)

  1. penance
Derived terms
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Descendants
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  • Classical Nahuatl: penitencia

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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penitencia

  1. inflection of penitenciar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

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