circunstancia

See also: circunstância

Asturian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin circumstantia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /θiɾkunsˈtanθja/ [θiɾ.kũns̪ˈt̪ãn̟.θja]
• Rhymes: -anθja
• Hyphenation: cir‧cuns‧tan‧cia

Noun

circunstancia f (plural circunstancies)

1. circumstance

Galician

Alternative forms

• circunstância (reintegrationist)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-der.

Ancient Greek κίρκος (kírkos)bor.

Latin circus

Latin circum

Latin circum-

Latin stō

Latin circumstō

Latin circumstāns

Latin circumstantialbor.

Galician circunstancia

Learned borrowing from Latin circumstantia.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /θiɾkunsˈtanθja/ [θiɾ.kuns̺ˈt̪an̪.θjɐ]

• IPA^(key): (standard) /θiɾkunsˈtanθja/ [θiɾ.kuns̺ˈt̪an̪.θjɐ]
• IPA^(key): (seseo) /siɾkunsˈtansja/ [siɾ.kunsˈt̪an.sjɐ]

 

• Rhymes: -anθja

• Rhymes: -anθja
• Rhymes: -ansja

• Hyphenation: cir‧cuns‧tan‧cia

Noun

circunstancia f (plural circunstancias)

1. circumstance

Derived terms

• circunstancial

Further reading

• “circunstancia”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026

Portuguese

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /siʁ.kũs.tɐ̃ˈsi.ɐ/ [sih.kũs.tɐ̃ˈsi.ɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /siʁ.kũs.tɐ̃ˈsi.ɐ/ [sih.kũs.tɐ̃ˈsi.ɐ]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /siɾ.kũs.tɐ̃ˈsi.ɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /siʁ.kũʃ.tɐ̃ˈsi.ɐ/ [siχ.kũʃ.tɐ̃ˈsi.ɐ]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /siɻ.kũs.tɐ̃ˈsi.ɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /siɾ.kũʃ.tɐ̃ˈsi.ɐ/

• Hyphenation: cir‧cuns‧tan‧ci‧a

Verb

circunstancia

1. inflection of circunstanciar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Etymology 2

Noun

circunstancia f (plural circunstancias)

1. obsolete spelling of circunstância

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /θiɾkunsˈtanθja/ [θiɾ.kũnsˈt̪ãn̟.θja] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /siɾkunsˈtansja/ [siɾ.kũnsˈt̪ãn.sja] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -anθja (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• Rhymes: -ansja (Latin America, Philippines)
• Syllabification: cir‧cuns‧tan‧cia

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-der.

Ancient Greek κίρκος (kírkos)bor.

Latin circus

Latin circum

Latin circum-

Latin stō

Latin circumstō

Latin circumstāns

Latin circumstantiabor.

Spanish circunstancia

Borrowed from Latin circumstantia.

Noun

circunstancia f (plural circunstancias)

1. circumstance

   Synonym: pormenor

Derived terms

• circunstancia agravante
• circunstancial
• de circunstancias

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

circunstancia

1. inflection of circunstanciar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “circunstancia”, 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