audacia

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin audācia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /awˈda.t͡ʃa/
• Rhymes: -atʃa
• Hyphenation: au‧dà‧cia

Noun

audacia f (plural audacie)

1. daring, audacity
2. boldness
3. provocativeness

Etymology

audāx (“bold, daring”) +‎ -ia

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /au̯ˈdaː.ki.a/, [äu̯ˈd̪äːkiä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /au̯ˈda.t͡ʃi.a/, [äu̯ˈd̪äːt͡ʃiä]

Noun

audācia f (genitive audāciae); first declension

1. The state or quality of being bold; boldness.
2. Daring, intrepidity; courage, valor, confidence; a daring or courageous action.

   Synonyms: animōsitās, cōnfīdentia, virtūs

3. Daring, audacity, impetuosity, recklessness, rashness, presumption, insolence; a reckless or audacious action.

   Synonym: temeritās

References

• “audacia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “audacia”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• "audacia", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• audacia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin audācia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /auˈdaθja/ [au̯ˈð̞a.θja]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /auˈdasja/ [au̯ˈð̞a.sja]
• Rhymes: -aθja
• Rhymes: -asja
• Syllabification: au‧da‧cia

Noun

audacia f (plural audacias)

1. audacity, boldness, daring

   Synonyms: atrevimiento, osadía

Further reading

• “audacia”, 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