sencillez

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Spanish sencillo

Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós

Proto-Italic *-ijos

Proto-Italic *-ios

Old Latin -ios

Latin -ius

Latin -ia

Latin -itia

Proto-Italic *-jēs

Latin -iēs

blend

Latin -itiēs

Spanish -ez

Spanish sencillez

From sencillo + -ez.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /senθiˈʝeθ/ [sẽn̟.θiˈʝeθ] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)

• IPA^(key): /senθiˈʝeθ/ [sẽn̟.θiˈʝeθ] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Spain)
• IPA^(key): /senθiˈʎeθ/ [sẽn̟.θiˈʎeθ] (rustic northern Spain)

 

• IPA^(key): /sensiˈʝes/ [sẽn.siˈʝes] (Latin America)

• IPA^(key): /sensiˈʝes/ [sẽn.siˈʝes] (most of Latin America)
• IPA^(key): /sensiˈʎes/ [sẽn.siˈʎes] (northern and central Andes Mountains (except central Ecuador), Bolivia, Paraguay, northeastern Argentina, Philippines)
• IPA^(key): /sensiˈʃes/ [sẽn.siˈʃes] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /sensiˈʒes/ [sẽn.siˈʒes] (central Ecuador, Santiago del Estero and environs, elsewhere in Pampas and southern Argentina, Uruguay)
• IPA^(key): /sensiˈes/ [sẽn.siˈes] (northern Mexico, Yucatán, Central America (except Panama))

• Rhymes: -eθ (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• Rhymes: -es (Latin America, Philippines)
• Syllabification: sen‧ci‧llez

Noun

sencillez f (plural sencilleces)

1. simplicity

   Synonym: simplicidad

   La sencillez es la máxima sofisticación.

   Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.

Further reading

• “sencillez”, 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