paciencia
Spanish, noun/paˈθjenθja/
paciencia is spelled P-A-C-I-E-N-C-I-A (9 letters) and appears 25 times per million words in written Spanish, the 3,239th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Paciencia is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “patience, forbearance (the quality of being patient)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Calma en la realización de alguna actividad”.
What does paciencia mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininepatience, forbearance (the quality of being patient)
tener paciencia con
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Calma en la realización de alguna actividad. 2. Capacidad para esperar serenamente por algo deseado. 3. Capacidad para tolerar situaciones incómodas.
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 paciencia
- paciencias plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce paciencia?
- /paˈθjenθja/
- [paˈθjẽn̟.θja]
- /paˈsjensja/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to paciencia
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is paciencia in Spanish?
paciencia appears 25 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).