Polyglot Dictionary

incidencia

/insiˈðensja/

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

Forms

plural
las incidencias

Meaning

  1. incident

    • Hubo una incidencia.

      There was an incident.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

lance

lance is more literary or dramatic, like a dramatic incident or a critical juncture; incidencia is more neutral or administrative, like an IT incident.

incidente

incidencia is more abstract or administrative, like the frequency of incidents or an IT ticket; incidente is more concrete, a specific event.

Similar in other languages

French

incident

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

Portuguese

incidente

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

Practice

1 What does incidencia mean?

2 Fill the gap: Hubo una ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches incidencia?

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