deferencia

See also: deferência

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin dēferentis, from dēferēns + -entīs.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /defeˈɾenθja/ [d̪e.feˈɾẽn̟.θja] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /defeˈɾensja/ [d̪e.feˈɾẽn.sja] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -enθja (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• Rhymes: -ensja (Latin America, Philippines)
• Syllabification: de‧fe‧ren‧cia

Noun

deferencia f (plural deferencias)

1. deference

Related terms

• deferente
• deferir

Further reading

• “deferencia”, 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