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)

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Catalan

Verb

reverencia

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Galician

Verb

reverencia

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

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Portuguese

Verb

reverencia

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

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /rebeˈɾenθja/ [re.β̞eˈɾẽn̟.θja]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /rebeˈɾensja/ [re.β̞eˈɾẽn.sja]

Etymology 1

From Latin reverentia.

Noun

reverencia f (plural reverencias)

1. reverence

Derived terms

• reverenciar

Related terms

• reverente

Etymology 2

Verb

reverencia

1. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of reverenciar.
2. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of reverenciar.

Further reading

• “reverencia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014