influencia

See also: influenciá, influència, and influência

Asturian

Noun

influencia f (plural influencies)

1. alternative form of influyencia

Catalan

Verb

influencia

1. inflection of influenciar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Chavacano

Etymology

Inherited from Spanish influencia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /imˈplwensja/, [ĩmˈplwẽn.ʃa]
• Hyphenation: in‧flu‧en‧cia

Noun

influencia

1. influence

Galician

Alternative forms

• influência (reintegrationist)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /influˈɛnθja/ [iɱ.fluˈɛn̪.θjɐ]

• IPA^(key): (standard) /influˈɛnθja/ [iɱ.fluˈɛn̪.θjɐ]
• IPA^(key): (seseo) /influˈɛnsja/ [iɱ.fluˈɛn.sjɐ]

 

• • Rhymes: -ɛnθja

• • Rhymes: -ɛnθja
  • Rhymes: -ɛnsja

 

• IPA^(key): /influˈenθja/ [iɱ.fluˈen̪.θjɐ]

• IPA^(key): (standard) /influˈenθja/ [iɱ.fluˈen̪.θjɐ]
• IPA^(key): (seseo) /influˈensja/ [iɱ.fluˈen.sjɐ]

 

• • Rhymes: -enθja

• • Rhymes: -enθja
  • Rhymes: -ensja

• Hyphenation: in‧flu‧en‧cia

Noun

influencia f (plural influencias)

1. influence

Further reading

• “influencia”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Noun

influencia f (plural influencias)

1. pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of influência

Etymology 2

Verb

influencia

1. inflection of influenciar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /inˈflwenθja/ [ĩɱˈflwẽn̟.θja], /influˈenθja/ [ĩɱ.fluˈẽn̟.θja] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /inˈflwensja/ [ĩɱˈflwẽn.sja], /influˈensja/ [ĩɱ.fluˈẽn.sja] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -enθja (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• Rhymes: -ensja (Latin America, Philippines)
• Syllabification: in‧fluen‧cia, in‧flu‧en‧cia

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₁én

Proto-Italic *en

Proto-Italic *en-

Latin in-

Proto-Indo-European *bʰel-der.

Proto-Indo-European *bʰlewH-der.

Proto-Indo-European *bʰluH-yé-ti?

Latin fluō

Latin īnfluōder.

Latin īnfluēns

Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós

Proto-Italic *-ijos

Proto-Italic *-ios

Old Latin -ios

Latin -ius

Latin -ia

Latin īnfluentiabor.

Spanish influencia

Borrowed from Latin īnfluentia.

Noun

influencia f (plural influencias)

1. influence, clout

   Synonym: influjo

2. leverage

   Synonym: palanca

Derived terms

• esfera de influencia
• tráfico de influencias
• zona de influencia

Related terms

• influenciar
• influir
• influjo
• influyente

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

influencia

1. inflection of influenciar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “influencia”, 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