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latencia

Spanish, noun/laˈtenθja/

latencia is spelled L-A-T-E-N-C-I-A (8 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish, the 37,997th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Latencia is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “latency” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Que tiene la propiedad de estar latente”.

What does latencia mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininelatency

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Que tiene la propiedad de estar latente. 2. Retraso entre el momento en que se inicia algo, y el momento en que uno de sus efectos comienza.

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 latencia

  • latencias plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce latencia?

  • /laˈtenθja/
  • [laˈt̪ẽn̟.θja]
  • /laˈtensja/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to latencia

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is latencia in Spanish?

latencia appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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