quincena
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Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From quince (“fifteen”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): (Spain) /kinˈθena/ [kĩn̟ˈθe.na]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /kinˈsena/ [kĩnˈse.na]
- Rhymes: -ena
- Syllabification: quin‧ce‧na
Noun[edit]
quincena f (plural quincenas)
- (time) a period of fifteen days
- (time) a half month period, specially applied for wage payment
- (economics) wage payment amount (in a half month period)
Usage notes[edit]
- For wage periods, it may begin from first day to 15th of month, called primera ("first"), or from 16th to last day of month, called segunda ("second").
- Second half of months having 31, and of February, are also called quincena, in spite of not having 15 days.
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Descendants[edit]
- → Cebuano: kinsena
See also[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “quinceno”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014