encía

See also: -encia and -ência

Spanish

Etymology

From Old Spanish enzia, from Latin gingīva, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵyewh₁-.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Spain) /enˈθia/ [ẽn̟ˈθi.a]
IPA^(key): (Latin America) /enˈsia/ [ẽnˈsi.a]
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Rhymes: -ia
Syllabification: en‧cí‧a

Noun

encía f (plural encías)

(usually in the plural, anatomy) gum

Related terms

Further reading

“encía”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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