parsimonia
/parsiˈmonja/
la
noun
C2
el (masc.) la (fem.)
Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.
Meaning
Practice
1 What does parsimonia mean?
slowness, calm deliberateness
2 Fill the gap: Caminaba con ___, sin ninguna prisa.
Full sentence: Caminaba con parsimonia, sin ninguna prisa. (He walked with calm deliberateness, in no hurry at all.)
3 Which fingerprint chart matches parsimonia?
parsimonia: neutral register, rare frequency, general domain, neutral connotation.
Usage notes
False friend: Spanish parsimonia means slowness/calm deliberateness, not stinginess like English "parsimony".
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