delincuencia
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin dēlinquentia (compare Catalan delinqüència, Portuguese delinquência), from Latin dēlinquēns.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /delinˈkwenθja/ [d̪e.lĩŋˈkwẽn̟.θja]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /delinˈkwensja/ [d̪e.lĩŋˈkwẽn.sja]
- Hyphenation: de‧lin‧cuen‧cia
Noun
delincuencia f (plural delincuencias)
- (crime) crime, delinquency
- Synonym: crimen
- Antonyms: legalidad, respeto de la ley