conciencia

See also: concienciá

Asturian

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish conciencia, compare native concencia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /konˈθjenθja/ [kõn̟ˈθjẽn̟.θja]
• Rhymes: -enθja
• Syllabification: con‧cien‧cia

Noun

conciencia f (uncountable)

1. alternative form of concencia

Further reading

• “conciencia”, in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana [Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Asturian), 1st edition, Academy of the Asturian Language [Asturian: Academia de la Llingua Asturiana], 2000, →ISBN

Chavacano

Etymology

Inherited from Spanish conciencia.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: con‧cien‧cia

Noun

conciencia

1. conscience

Spanish

Alternative forms

• concencia (proscribed)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /konˈθjenθja/ [kõn̟ˈθjẽn̟.θja] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /konˈsjensja/ [kõnˈsjẽn.sja] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -enθja (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• Rhymes: -ensja (Latin America, Philippines)
• Syllabification: con‧cien‧cia

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin cōnscientia.

Noun

conciencia f (plural conciencias)

1. awareness (state of knowing something)

   Synonyms: consciencia, conocimiento

2. consciousness (state of having cognition and sensation)

   Synonyms: consciencia, conocimiento

3. conscience, morals

   Synonym: (proscribed) consciencia

Derived terms

• a conciencia
• autoconciencia
• cargo de conciencia
• caso de conciencia
• cláusula de conciencia
• conciencia de clase
• conciencia limpia
• conciencia tranquila
• concienciar
• concienzudo
• en conciencia
• examen de conciencia
• falsa conciencia
• flujo de conciencia
• fuero de la conciencia
• libertad de conciencia
• mala conciencia
• matrimonio de conciencia
• objeción de conciencia
• objetor de conciencia
• preso de conciencia
• toma de conciencia
• tomar conciencia
• tribunal de la conciencia
• voz de la conciencia

Related terms

• concienciar
• conciente
• concienzar
• consciente
• inconciente

Descendants

• Chavacano: conciencia
• → Basque: kontzientzia
• → Cebuano: konsensya
• → Galician: conciencia
• → Ilocano: konsiensia
• → Tagalog: konsiyensiya

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

conciencia

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

Further reading

• “conciencia”, 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
• “conciencia”, in Diccionario panhispánico de dudas [Panhispanic Dictionary of Uncertainties] (in Spanish), 2nd edition, Royal Spanish Academy; Association of Academies of the Spanish Language, 2023, →ISBN
• Seco, Manuel; Andrés, Olimpia; Ramos, Gabino (2023), “conciencia”, in Diccionario del español actual [Dictionary of Current Spanish] (in Spanish), third digital edition, Fundación BBVA