delincuencia

/delinˈkwensja/

la noun B2

el (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

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

Forms

plural
delincuencias

Meaning

  1. crime

    • Aumenta la delincuencia.

      Crime is rising.

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

crimen

crimen specifically refers to a serious crime, like murder, a felony; delincuencia is the more general word for "crime, criminality," including petty crime.

Similar in other languages

French

crime

crime is the French word for the same thing — both mean "crime."

Portuguese

crime

crime is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "crime."

Practice

1 What does delincuencia mean?

2 Fill the gap: Aumenta la ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches delincuencia?

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