necedad
Spanish
editEtymology
editInherited from Old Spanish necedad, neciedad, equivalent to necio + -dad.
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): (Spain) /neθeˈdad/ [ne.θeˈð̞að̞]
- IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /neseˈdad/ [ne.seˈð̞að̞]
- Rhymes: -ad
- Syllabification: ne‧ce‧dad
Noun
editnecedad f (plural necedades)
- foolishness, stupidity
- a foolish or stupid action
- stubbornness
Further reading
edit- “necedad”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10