asistencia
Spanish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /asisˈtenθja/ [a.sisˈt̪ẽn̟.θja]
- IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /asisˈtensja/ [a.sisˈt̪ẽn.sja]
- Hyphenation: a‧sis‧ten‧cia
Noun
asistencia f (plural asistencias)
- attendance (the state of attending)
- Synonym: presencia
- Antonym: inasistencia
- (uncountable) audience (a large gathering of people listening to or watching a performance, speech, etc.)
- assistance, aid
- (sports) assist (the act of helping another player score points or goals)
- (historical) a small branch mission of the Spanish missions in California
- 1871, Augustín de Vetancurt, Teatro mexicano, volume 3, page 94:
- Tiene hoy la Provincia del Santo Evangelio ochenta y seis casas donde moran religiosos: de estas las sesenta son guardianías de voto; las vicarías son catorce, y las asistencias doce.
- The province of Santo Evangelio now has eighty-six houses where monks live: of these seventy are vowed guardianías; there are fourteen vicariates, and twelve asistencias.
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Further reading
- “asistencia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014