🇪🇸Spanish Source WordCode: ES

dependencia

Pronunciation / Transliteration: dependencia

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
dependency/dɪˈpɛndənsi/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #4500 frequency
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🇪🇸 Example Sentence in Spanish:

"La dependencia energética es un desafío importante."

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1 sense
As noun
  1. 1

    The state of relying on or being controlled by someone or something else.

    "Many developing nations strive to reduce their economic dependency on richer countries."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Late 16th century: from dependent, on the pattern of words ending in -ency.

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