providencia

See also: Providencia, providència, and providência

Portuguese

Verb

providencia

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

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin prōvidentia (“providence, forethought”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɾobiˈdenθja/ [pɾo.β̞iˈð̞ẽn̟.θja] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /pɾobiˈdensja/ [pɾo.β̞iˈð̞ẽn.sja] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -enθja (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• Rhymes: -ensja (Latin America, Philippines)
• Syllabification: pro‧vi‧den‧cia

Noun

providencia f (plural providencias)

1. providence
2. (Spain, law) a resolution by a judge or court in order to direct and continue criminal procedures

Related terms

• proveer

Further reading

• “providencia”, 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