adherencia

See also: adherência

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd

Proto-Italic *ad

Proto-Italic *ad-

Latin ad-

Latin haereō

Latin adhaereō

Latin adhaerēns

Proto-Indo-European *-yós

Proto-Italic *-ios

Old Latin -ios

Latin -ius

Latin -ia

Latin adhaerentiabor.

Spanish adherencia

Borrowed from Latin adhaerentia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /adeˈɾenθja/ [a.ð̞eˈɾẽn̟.θja] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /adeˈɾensja/ [a.ð̞eˈɾẽn.sja] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -enθja (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• Rhymes: -ensja (Latin America, Philippines)
• Syllabification: a‧dhe‧ren‧cia

Noun

adherencia f (plural adherencias)

1. adherence, adhesion (close physical union of two objects)

   Synonyms: adhesión, pegadura

   • 2015 July 5, “Jenson Button: “Me gusta el reto de que me comparen con Alonso””, in El País‎^[1]:

     Los coches de hace 15 años eran mejores: más rápidos, más potentes y con más adherencia.

     The cars from 15 years ago were better: faster, more powerful, and with more adhesion.

Related terms

• adherente
• adherir

Further reading

• “adherencia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025