paciencia

See also: paciència and paciência

Asturian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin patientia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paˈθjenθja/ [paˈθjẽn̟.θja]
• Rhymes: -enθja
• Syllabification: pa‧cien‧cia

Noun

paciencia f (plural paciencies)

1. patience (the quality of being patient)

Related terms

• paciente

Chavacano

Etymology

Inherited from Spanish paciencia (“patience”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: pa‧cien‧cia

Noun

paciencia

1. patience

Related terms

• paciente

Galician

Alternative forms

• pacencia

Etymology

Etymology tree

Latin patiens

Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós

Proto-Italic *-ijos

Proto-Italic *-ios

Old Latin -ios

Latin -ius

Latin -ia

Latin patientialbor.

Galician paciencia

Learned borrowing from Latin patientia.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /paˈθjɛnθja/ [paˈθjɛn̪.θjɐ]

• IPA^(key): (standard) /paˈθjɛnθja/ [paˈθjɛn̪.θjɐ]
• IPA^(key): (seseo) /paˈsjɛnsja/ [paˈsjɛn.sjɐ]

 

• Rhymes: -ɛnθja

• Rhymes: -ɛnθja
• Rhymes: -ɛnsja

• Hyphenation: pa‧cien‧cia

Noun

paciencia f (plural paciencias)

1. patience (the quality of being patient)

   Antonym: impaciencia

Related terms

• paciente

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “paciencia”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “paciencia”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “paciencia”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Further reading

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

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Latin patiens

Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós

Proto-Italic *-ijos

Proto-Italic *-ios

Old Latin -ios

Latin -ius

Latin -ia

Latin patientiabor.

Spanish paciencia

Borrowed from Latin patientia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paˈθjenθja/ [paˈθjẽn̟.θja] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /paˈsjensja/ [paˈsjẽn.sja] (Latin America, Philippines)

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -enθja (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• Rhymes: -ensja (Latin America, Philippines)
• Syllabification: pa‧cien‧cia

Noun

paciencia f (plural paciencias)

1. patience, forbearance (the quality of being patient)

   Antonym: impaciencia

   tener paciencia con ― to bear with

Derived terms

• estar en el banco de la paciencia
• la paciencia es una virtud
• paciencia y barajar
• tener más paciencia que el santo Job

Related terms

• impacientar
• impaciente
• paciente

Further reading

• “paciencia”, 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