sugerencia

Spanish

Etymology

From sugerir (“to suggest”) +‎ -encia (noun-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /suxeˈɾenθja/ [su.xeˈɾẽn̟.θja] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /suxeˈɾensja/ [su.xeˈɾẽn.sja] (Latin America, Philippines)

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• Rhymes: -enθja (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• Rhymes: -ensja (Latin America, Philippines)
• Syllabification: su‧ge‧ren‧cia

Noun

sugerencia f (plural sugerencias)

1. suggestion

   Synonyms: propuesta, recomendación, consejo

Related terms

• sugerir

Further reading

• “sugerencia”, 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