tangencia
Spanish, noun/tanˈxenθja/
tangencia is spelled T-A-N-G-E-N-C-I-A (9 letters) and appears about once in every 19 million words in written Spanish, the 158,678th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tangencia is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “tangency” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Condición o carácter de tangente; cualidad de tocarse o situación de estar contacto sin atravesarse o…”.
What does tangencia mean in English?
noun
- 1
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Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Condición o carácter de tangente; cualidad de tocarse o situación de estar contacto sin atravesarse o cortarse, especialmente dos superficies o líneas.
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 tangencia
- tangencias plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tangencia?
- /tanˈxenθja/
- [t̪ãŋˈxẽn̟.θja]
- /tanˈxensja/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is tangencia in Spanish?
tangencia 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).