hervencia

Spanish

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eɾˈbenθja/ [eɾˈβ̞ẽn̟.θja] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /eɾˈbensja/ [eɾˈβ̞ẽn.sja] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -enθja (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• Rhymes: -ensja (Latin America, Philippines)
• Syllabification: her‧ven‧cia

Noun

hervencia f (plural hervencias)

1. death by boiling

   Synonym: fervencia

Related terms

• hervir

Further reading

• “hervencia”, 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