longanimidad

From Latin longanimitas (“longanimity, long-suffering”).

• IPA^(key): /lonɡanimiˈdad/ [lõŋ.ɡa.ni.miˈð̞að̞]
• Rhymes: -ad
• Syllabification: lon‧ga‧ni‧mi‧dad

longanimidad f (plural longanimidades)

1. (formal, dated, literary) longanimity, long-suffering

   ¡Cuanta longanimidad tiene usted! No se nos olvidará.

   What long-suffering you have! We will not forget.

2. forbearance

• longanimidad is very formal and literary. In everyday talk, it has simply been replaced by [gran] paciencia (“[great] patience”)

• paciencia

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