prudencia

See also: prudéncia, prudència, prudência, Prudència, and Prudencià

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin prūdentia. Compare English prudence.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɾuˈdenθja/ [pɾuˈð̞ẽn̟.θja] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /pɾuˈdensja/ [pɾuˈð̞ẽn.sja] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -enθja (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• Rhymes: -ensja (Latin America, Philippines)
• Syllabification: pru‧den‧cia

Noun

prudencia f (plural prudencias)

1. caution, care, prudence

   Antonym: imprudencia

Derived terms

• prudencial

Related terms

• imprudencia
• imprudente
• proveer
• prudente

Further reading

• “prudencia”, 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