patricia

See also: Patricia and Patrícia

Latin

Adjective

patricia

1. inflection of patricius:
   1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

Adjective

patriciā

1. ablative feminine singular of patricius

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paˈtɾiθja/ [paˈt̪ɾi.θja] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /paˈtɾisja/ [paˈt̪ɾi.sja] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -iθja (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• Rhymes: -isja (Latin America, Philippines)
• Syllabification: pa‧tri‧cia

Etymology 1

Noun

patricia f (plural patricias)

1. female equivalent of patricio

Adjective

patricia f

1. feminine singular of patricio

Etymology 2

From proper name Patricia, a rhyme made with pata.

Noun

patricia f (plural patricias)

1. (colloquial, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua) foot or leg

   Me duelen las patricias de caminar.

   My feet hurt for walking.

Further reading

• “patricia”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010