paciencia

=

patience

noun

paciencia
feminine noun
1. patience
  • ¡paciencia, que todo se arreglará! -> be patient, it'll all get sorted out!
  • ¡qué paciencia hay que tener contigo! -> you'd try the patience of a saint!
  • ¡este niño va a acabar con mi paciencia! -> I'm losing my patience with this child!
  • armarse de paciencia -> to summon up one's patience
  • perder la paciencia -> to lose one's patience
  • tener más paciencia que un santo -> to have the patience of a saint
  • tener paciencia -> to be patient

Copyright © 2006 Chambers Harrap Publishers Limited

paciencia [pah-the-en'-the-ah]
noun
1. Patience, endurance. (f)
2. Patience, the quality of expecting long without rage or discontent. (f)
3. Patience, forbearance, long-suffering. (f)
4. Slowness, tardiness in action. (f)
5. Exhortatory exclamation to have patience. (f)
  • Perder la paciencia -> to loose one's temper

Velazquez® Spanish and English Dictionary. Copyright © 2007 by Velazquez® Press. All rights reserved.

"paciencia" in the Answers forum
Q: Paco, ten paciencia y se espera un momento.
A: Paco, be (use tener) patient and wait (use reflexive pronoun) a moment. Paco, ten paciencia y **esperate** un momento. (accent on second "e") Enrique…
Have a Spanish question? Get help from experts!
Bookmark and Share
Word Extras
Latest Activity
  • dionlevy joined SpanishDict (5 mins ago)
More >>