asistencia
Spanish
    
    
Pronunciation
    
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- IPA(key): (Spain) /asisˈtenθja/ [a.sisˈt̪ẽn̟.θja]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /asisˈtensja/ [a.sisˈt̪ẽn.sja]
- (Spain) Rhymes: -enθja
- (Latin America) Rhymes: -ensja
- Syllabification: a‧sis‧ten‧cia
Noun
    
asistencia f (plural asistencias)
- attendance (the state of attending)
- Synonym: presencia
- Antonym: inasistencia
 
- (uncountable) audience (a large gathering of people listening to or watching a performance, speech, etc.)
- assistance, aid, help
- Synonyms: ayuda, socorro, auxilio
- asistencia social ― social work
- asistencia sanitaria; asistencia médica ― health care
- No podríamos haber completado este proyecto sin la asistencia del hermano de María.- We would not have been able to complete this project without the assistance of Maria's brother.
 
 
- (sports) assist (the act of helping another player score points or goals)
- (historical) a small branch mission of the Spanish missions in California
-  1871, Augustín de Vetancurt, Teatro mexicano, volume 3, page 94:- Tiene hoy la Provincia del Santo Evangelio ochenta y seis casas donde moran religiosos: de estas las sesenta son guardianías de voto; las vicarías son catorce, y las asistencias doce.- The province of Santo Evangelio now has eighty-six houses where monks live: of these seventy are vowed guardianías; there are fourteen vicariates, and twelve asistencias.
 
 
 
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Further reading
    
- “asistencia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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