providencia

See also: providència, and providência

Portuguese

Verb

providencia

1. inflection of providenciar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin prōvidentia (“providence, forethought”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /pɾobiˈdenθja/ [pɾo.β̞iˈð̞ẽn̟.θja]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /pɾobiˈdensja/ [pɾo.β̞iˈð̞ẽn.sja]
• Rhymes: -enθja
• Rhymes: -ensja
• Syllabification: pro‧vi‧den‧cia

Noun

providencia f (plural providencias)

1. providence
2. (Spain, law) a resolution by a judge or court in order to direct and continue criminal procedures

Related terms

• proveer

 

Further reading

• “providencia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28