reverencia

See also: reverenciá, reverencià, reverència, and reverência

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin reverentia.

Noun

reverencia f (plural reverencies)

1. bow (gesture made by bending forward at the waist)

Catalan

Verb

reverencia

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

Galician

Verb

reverencia

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

Portuguese

Verb

reverencia

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

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rebeˈɾenθja/ [re.β̞eˈɾẽn̟.θja] (Spain)
• IPA^(key): /rebeˈɾensja/ [re.β̞eˈɾẽn.sja] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -enθja (Spain)
• Rhymes: -ensja (Latin America, Philippines)
• Syllabification: re‧ve‧ren‧cia

Etymology 1

From Latin reverentia.

Noun

reverencia f (plural reverencias)

1. reverence

Derived terms

• reverenciar
• vuestra reverencia

Related terms

• reverente

Etymology 2

Verb

reverencia

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

Further reading

• “reverencia”, 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