semejanza

Spanish

Etymology

From semejar +‎ -anza; cf. also Late Latin similāntia. Compare Portuguese semelhança, Galician semellanza, Catalan semblança, French ressemblance (Old French semblance), Italian somiglianza.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /semeˈxanθa/ [se.meˈxãn̟.θa] (Spain, Equatorial Guinea)
• IPA^(key): /semeˈxansa/ [se.meˈxãn.sa] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -anθa (Spain, Equatorial Guinea)
• Rhymes: -ansa (Latin America, Philippines)
• Syllabification: se‧me‧jan‧za

Noun

semejanza f (plural semejanzas)

1. likeness, similarity, resemblance, similitude

   Synonyms: similaridad, semblanza, similitud

Related terms

• semejante

Further reading

• “semejanza”, 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