contingencia
Spanish, noun/kontinˈxenθja/
contingencia is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “contingency” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Acaecimiento o suceso que puede acontecer o no”.
What does contingencia mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecontingency
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Acaecimiento o suceso que puede acontecer o no. 2. Posibilidad de que un hecho o circunstancia ocurra o se presente, especialmente lo no deseado o previsto. Condición o carácter de contingente. 3. Proximidad de un daño o de una situación indeseable; riesgo, peligro. 4. Modo de ser de lo que no es necesario ni imposible, sino que puede ser o no ser.
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 contingencia
- contingencias plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce contingencia?
- /kontinˈxenθja/
- [kõn̪.t̪ĩŋˈxẽn̟.θja]
- /kontinˈxensja/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to contingencia
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is contingencia in Spanish?
contingencia appears 2.6 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).