obsecuencia
Spanish, noun[oβ̞seˈkwẽnsja]
obsecuencia is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “obsequiousness” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Extrema amabilidad, condescendencia o sumisión hacia alguien, hacia una religión o hacia una ideología…”.
What does obsecuencia mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineobsequiousness
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Extrema amabilidad, condescendencia o sumisión hacia alguien, hacia una religión o hacia una ideología política, con cierta incapacidad para discernir por cuenta propia.
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 obsecuencia
- obsecuencias plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce obsecuencia?
- [oβ̞seˈkwẽnsja]
- [oβ̞sekuˈẽnsja]
- [oβ̞seˈkwẽn̟θja]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to obsecuencia
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is obsecuencia in Spanish?
obsecuencia appears about once in every 10 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).