inteligencia
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See also: inteligência
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Latin intelligentia, which is from inter- (“between”) + legere (“choose, pick out, read”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /inteliˈxenθja/ [ĩn̪.t̪e.liˈxẽn̟.θja] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
- IPA(key): /inteliˈxensja/ [ĩn̪.t̪e.liˈxẽn.sja] (Latin America, Philippines)
Audio (Colombia); [ĩn.te.liˈhẽn.sja]: (file) - Rhymes: -enθja (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
- Rhymes: -ensja (Latin America, Philippines)
- Syllabification: in‧te‧li‧gen‧cia
Noun
[edit]inteligencia f (plural inteligencias)
- intelligence
- 2024 December 2, Rosa Rahimi, “La palabra del año de Oxford es una condición moderna que nos resulta familiar a la mayoría de nosotros”, in CNN en Español[1]:
- La palabra superó a otras cinco candidatas preseleccionadas, que incluían “lore”, que significa un conjunto de (supuestos) hechos, información de fondo y anécdotas necesarias para comprender algo por completo; “romantasy”, un acrónimo para literatura que combina elementos de ficción romántica y fantasía; y “slop”, que se refiere a contenido de baja calidad generado por inteligencia artificial.
- The word beat out five other shortlisted candidates, including ‘lore’, which means a set of (supposed) facts, background information and anecdotes necessary to fully understand something; ‘romantasy’, an acronym for literature that combines elements of romantic fiction and fantasy; and ‘slop’, which refers to low-quality content generated by artificial intelligence.
- 2025 July 7, Sophie Tanno, “Aumentan los llamados para prohibir al partido ultraderechista AfD en Alemania, pese a su creciente popularidad”, in CNN en Español[2]:
- En mayo, la agencia de inteligencia interna del país clasificó formalmente a la AfD como una entidad extremista que representa una amenaza para la democracia.
- In May, the country's internal intelligence agency formally classified the AfD as an extremist entity which represents a menace to democracy.
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[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “inteligencia”, 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
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