súplica

See also: suplica, suplicá, and suplicà

Catalan

Etymology

Deverbal from suplicar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈsu.pli.kə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈsu.pli.ka]

Noun

súplica f (plural súpliques)

1. plea, supplication

Further reading

• “súplica” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “súplica”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “súplica” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “súplica” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Portuguese

Etymology

Deverbal from suplicar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsu.pli.kɐ/

• Hyphenation: sú‧pli‧ca

Noun

súplica f (plural súplicas)

1. supplication (humble request)

   Synonym: rogo

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:súplica.

Further reading

• “súplica”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

Spanish

Etymology

Deverbal from suplicar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsuplika/ [ˈsu.pli.ka]
• Rhymes: -uplika
• Syllabification: sú‧pli‧ca

Noun

súplica f (plural súplicas)

1. plea, supplication (appeal, petition, entreaty)

   Synonym: ruego

Further reading

• “súplica”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28