desobediencia

See also: desobediència and desobediência

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁

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Proto-Indo-European *trísinflu.

Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is-

Proto-Italic *dis-

Latin dis-

Old Spanish des-

Spanish des-

Spanish obediencia

Spanish desobediencia

From des- + obediencia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /desobeˈdjenθja/ [d̪e.so.β̞eˈð̞jẽn̟.θja] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /desobeˈdjensja/ [d̪e.so.β̞eˈð̞jẽn.sja] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -enθja (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• Rhymes: -ensja (Latin America, Philippines)
• Syllabification: des‧o‧be‧dien‧cia

Noun

desobediencia f (plural desobediencias)

1. disobedience

   Antonym: obediencia

Derived terms

• desobediencia civil

Related terms

• desobedecer
• desobediente

Further reading

• “desobediencia”, 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