ascendencia

/assenˈdensja/

la noun C1

el (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Academic Domain General Tone Neutral
Word fingerprint: Register: neutral. Era: current. Frequency: academic. Domain: general. Connotation: neutral.

Forms

plural
ascendencias

Meaning

  1. ancestry

    • Tiene ascendencia italiana.

      She has Italian ancestry.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual
Meaning fingerprint: Category: thing. Concreteness: concrete. Animacy: inanimate. Countability: countable. Scope: individual.

Similar words

pedigrí

Close synonyms for "ancestry, pedigree."

Similar in other languages

English

bloodline

bloodline is the English word for the same thing — both mean "ancestry."

Practice

1 What does ascendencia mean?

2 Fill the gap: Tiene ___ italiana.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches ascendencia?

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