pendencia
Spanish, noun/penˈdenθja/
pendencia is spelled P-E-N-D-E-N-C-I-A (9 letters) and appears about once in every 19 million words in written Spanish, the 162,009th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pendencia is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “quarrel, dispute, feud” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Contienda, riña de palabras o de obras”.
What does pendencia mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininequarrel, dispute, feud
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Contienda, riña de palabras o de obras. 2. Estado del pleito antes de su terminación. 3. Calidad de lo que está por decidir.
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 pendencia
- pendencias plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pendencia?
- /penˈdenθja/
- [pẽn̪ˈd̪ẽn̟.θja]
- /penˈdensja/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is pendencia in Spanish?
pendencia appears about once in every 19 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).