residencia

See also: residenciá, residència, and residência

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish residencia.

Noun

residencia (plural residencias)

1. (historical) In the Spanish Empire, a court, trial, or hearing held by a newly elected official, such as the governor of a province, to examine the conduct of a predecessor.
   • 1883, Hubert Howe Bancroft, History of Mexico, volume 3, Chapter 25:

     It was ordered that his residencia be taken in secret by the new viceroy, and a public investigation proclaimed and concluded within forty days. The marquis refused to hold a secret residencia, alleging that it was necessary for Revilla Gigedo to depart for Spain previous to taking any steps in the matter.

References

• “residencia”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• erinaceids

Galician

Alternative forms

• residência (reintegrationist)

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin residentia, from Latin residēns (“residing”), from resideō (“to reside”), from re- + sedeō (“to sit”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /resiˈdenθja/ [re.s̺iˈð̞en̪.θjɐ]

• IPA^(key): (standard) /resiˈdenθja/ [re.s̺iˈð̞en̪.θjɐ]
• IPA^(key): (seseo) /resiˈdensja/ [re.siˈð̞en.sjɐ]

 

• Rhymes: -enθja

• Rhymes: -enθja
• Rhymes: -ensja

• Hyphenation: re‧si‧den‧cia

Noun

residencia f (plural residencias)

1. residence (time spent living)

   Dez anos de residencia no noso país e casi non fala galego. ― After ten years of residence in the country, he barely speaks Galician.

2. residence, home (the place where one lives)

   Teño a miña residencia en Valencia, pero sempre estou viaxando. ― I have my residence in Valencia, but I am always travelling.

3. old people's home, rest home, nursing home (a place of residence for people who require assistance from carers)

   Synonyms: residencia de maiores, residencia de anciáns, (usually pejorative) asilo

4. old people's home, retirement village, retirement home, residence for the elderly (a place of residence for people who require little or no assistance from carers)

   Synonyms: residencia de maiores, residencia de anciáns, (usually pejorative) asilo

Related terms

• residente
• residir

See also

• domicilio

Further reading

• “residencia”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /resiˈdenθja/ [re.siˈð̞ẽn̟.θja]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /resiˈdensja/ [re.siˈð̞ẽn.sja]
• Rhymes: -enθja
• Rhymes: -ensja
• Syllabification: re‧si‧den‧cia

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Medieval Latin residentia, from Latin residēns (“residing”), from resideō (“to reside”), from re- + sedeō (“to sit”).

Noun

residencia f (plural residencias)

1. residence (time spent living)

   Diez años de residencia en nuestro país y no habla casi español.

   After ten years of residence in the country, he barely speaks Spanish.

2. residence, home (the place where one lives)

   Tengo mi residencia en Valencia, pero siempre estoy viajando.

   I have my residence in Valencia, but I am always travelling.

3. old people's home, rest home, nursing home (a place of residence for people who require assistance from carers)

   Synonyms: residencia de mayores, residencia de ancianos, (usually pejorative) asilo

4. old people's home, retirement village, retirement home, residence for the elderly (a place of residence for people who require little or no assistance from carers)

   Synonyms: residencia de mayores, residencia de ancianos, (usually pejorative) asilo

5. (historical) residencia

Related terms

• residente
• residir

See also

• domicilio
• dormitorio

Etymology 2

Verb

residencia

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

Further reading

• “residencia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
• “residencia” in Lexico, Oxford University Press.