ascendencia

See also: ascendència and ascendência

Asturian

Noun

ascendencia f (plural ascendencies)

1. ancestry (condition as to ancestors)

Synonyms

• llinaxe

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /asθenˈdenθja/ [as.θẽn̪ˈd̪ẽn̟.θja] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /asenˈdensja/ [a.sẽn̪ˈd̪ẽn.sja] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -enθja (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• Rhymes: -ensja (Latin America, Philippines)
• Syllabification: as‧cen‧den‧cia

Noun

ascendencia f (plural ascendencias)

1. ancestry
2. ascendancy

Related terms

• ascendiente

Further reading

• “ascendencia”, 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