credencia
Spanish, noun/kɾeˈdenθja/
credencia is spelled C-R-E-D-E-N-C-I-A (9 letters) and appears about once in every 89 million words in written Spanish, the 324,638th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Credencia is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “credence table” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Mesa o repisa que se pone inmediata al altar, a fin de tener a mano lo necesario para la celebración de los…”.
What does credencia mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecredence table
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Mesa o repisa que se pone inmediata al altar, a fin de tener a mano lo necesario para la celebración de los divinos oficios. 2. Aparador en que se ponían los frascos de vino y de agua de que, previa la salva, había de beber el rey o alguna persona principal. 3. Credencial ('cartas credenciales').
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of credencia
- credencias plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce credencia?
- /kɾeˈdenθja/
- [kɾeˈð̞ẽn̟.θja]
- /kɾeˈdensja/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is credencia in Spanish?
credencia appears about once in every 89 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).