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residencia.

residence (time spent living)

10 characters4 syllables approx.Español language

Meaning & usage

noun/resiˈdenθja/[re.siˈð̞ẽn̟.θja]/resiˈdensja/[re.siˈð̞ẽn.sja]
  1. residence (time spent living)

    feminine
    Diez años de residencia en nuestro país y no habla casi español.
  2. residence, home (the place where one lives)

    feminine
    Tengo mi residencia en Valencia, pero siempre estoy viajando.
  3. old people's home, rest home, nursing home (a place of residence for people who require assistance from carers)

    feminine
  4. old people's home, retirement village, retirement home, residence for the elderly (a place of residence for people who require little or no assistance from carers)

    feminine
  5. residencia

    feminine · historical
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Medieval Latin residentia, from Latin residēns (“residing”), from resideō (“to reside”), from re- + sedeō (“to sit”).

verb/resiˈdenθja/[re.siˈð̞ẽn̟.θja]/resiˈdensja/[re.siˈð̞ẽn.sja]
  1. inflection of residenciar: third-person singular present indicative

    form-of · indicative · present · singular · third-person
  2. inflection of residenciar: second-person singular imperative

    form-of · imperative · second-person · singular
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