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Spanish word
descendencia
Pronunciation
IPA/desθenˈdenθja/
Meaning
- feminine noundescendants
Example
La descendencia de ese héroe aún vive en el pueblo.
The descendants of that hero still live in the village.
More examples
Buscan a la descendencia para confirmar la herencia.
They are looking for the descendants to confirm the inheritance.
Core concept
A family lineage consisting of all people who descend from the same ancestor.
Common phrases
tener descendencia
have descendants
dejar descendencia
leave descendants
la descendencia directa
direct descendants
Similar words
familia: A household or group of kin connected by blood or marriage.
pariente: An individual connected to a family by blood or marriage.
descendiente: An individual descendant, a child or later offspring of someone.
generación: A cohort of people born during the same period.
Definition in Spanish
Conjunto de personas que descienden de un mismo antepasado; linaje y herederos dentro de una familia.
Word origin
From Latin descendere 'to descend' plus the abstract-noun suffix -encia, originally naming the concept of descent and now used for the collective line of heirs.
Usage tips
- In everyday Spanish descendencia sounds formal and refers to the whole lineage, while hijo(s) or descendiente name individual descendants.
Other meanings
- lineagenoun
- family linenoun
Opposites
- ascendenciaancestrynoun
- ancestrosancestorsnoun
Related words
- descendientedescendantnoun
- descensodescentnoun
- descenderdescendverb