sociedad

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin societātem (“society, community”), from socius (“associated, allied; partner, companion, ally”). The senses of "company" and "association" were later borrowings.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /soθjeˈdad/ [so.θjeˈð̞að̞]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /sosjeˈdad/ [so.sjeˈð̞að̞]

• Audio (Colombia):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ad
• Syllabification: so‧cie‧dad

Noun

sociedad f (plural sociedades)

1. society, social order
2. high society
3. community

   Synonym: comunidad

4. company, firm, corporation

   Synonym: compañía

5. association, partnership

   Synonyms: asociación, consorcio

Derived terms

• contrato de sociedad
• juego de sociedad
• sociedad anónima
• sociedad civil
• sociedad cooperativa
• sociedad de gananciales
• sociedad de responsabilidad limitada
• sociedad en comandita
• sociedad limitada
• sociedad regular colectiva
• sociedad secreta

 

Related terms

• asociación
• social
• socio

 

Descendants

• → Cebuano: sosyidad

Further reading

• “sociedad”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28