encía

See also: -encia and -ência

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish enzia, from Latin gingīva, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵyewh₁-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /enˈθia/ [ẽn̟ˈθi.a] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /enˈsia/ [ẽnˈsi.a] (Latin America, Philippines)

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• Rhymes: -ia
• Syllabification: en‧cí‧a

Noun

encía f (plural encías)

1. (usually in the plural, anatomy) gum

Related terms

• gingival
• gingivitis

Further reading

• “encía”, 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