licencia
Spanish, noun
licencia is spelled L-I-C-E-N-C-I-A (8 letters) and appears 39 times per million words in written Spanish, the 2,209th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Licencia is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “license” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of licenciar. With an accent, licenciá is a different word: “second-person singular voseo imperative of licenciar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Baja temporal, la baja que se otorga a un trabajador por un período de tiempo en casos de enfermedad…”.
What does licencia mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininelicense
- 2
femininepermission
- 3
feminineleave (absence from work)
- 4
femininelicentiate (degree)
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
second-person singular voseo imperative of licenciar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Baja temporal, la baja que se otorga a un trabajador por un período de tiempo en casos de enfermedad, accidente, etc. 2. Documento que da autorización legal para poder conducir un vehículo.
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 licencia
- licencias plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to licencia
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is licencia in Spanish?
licencia appears 39 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).