circunferencia

See also: circunferência

Galician

Etymology

From Latin circumferentia, from circum (“around”) + ferō (“I carry”).

Noun

circunferencia f (plural circunferencias)

1. circumference

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin circumferentia, from circum (“around”) + ferō (“to carry”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /θiɾkunfeˈɾenθja/ [θiɾ.kũɱ.feˈɾẽn̟.θja] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /siɾkunfeˈɾensja/ [siɾ.kũɱ.feˈɾẽn.sja] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -enθja (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• Rhymes: -ensja (Latin America, Philippines)
• Syllabification: cir‧cun‧fe‧ren‧cia

Noun

circunferencia f (plural circunferencias)

1. circumference

Derived terms

• semicircunferencia

Further reading

• “circunferencia”, 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