delincuencia

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin dēlinquentia (compare Catalan delinqüència, Portuguese delinquência), from Latin dēlinquēns.

Pronunciation
  • (Castilian) IPA(key): /delinˈkwenθja/, [d̪elĩŋˈkwẽn̟θja]
  • (Latin America) IPA(key): /delinˈkwensja/, [d̪elĩŋˈkwẽnsja]
  • Hyphenation: de‧lin‧cuen‧cia

Noun

delincuencia f (plural delincuencias)

  1. (crime) crime, delinquency
    Synonym: crimen
    Antonyms: legalidad, respeto de la ley
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