audacia

== Italian == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin audācia. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /awˈda.t͡ʃa/ Rhymes: -atʃa Hyphenation: au‧dà‧cia === Noun === audacia f (plural audacie) daring, audacity boldness provocativeness ==== Related terms ==== audace == Latin == === Etymology === audāx (“bold, daring”) +‎ -ia === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [au̯ˈdaː.ki.a] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [au̯ˈdaː.t͡ʃi.a] === Noun === audācia f (genitive audāciae); first declension The state or quality of being bold; boldness. Daring, intrepidity; courage, valor, confidence; a daring or courageous action. Synonyms: animōsitās, cōnfīdentia, virtūs Daring, audacity, impetuosity, impudence, recklessness, rashness, presumption, insolence, temerity; a reckless or audacious action. Synonym: temeritās ==== Usage notes ==== Audācia only properly renders a sense of courage, valor or confidence in connection to risk-taking; when used in these senses there is a quality of reckless action implied. To render "courage" in the sense of an innate human quality, animōsitās is better. To render confidence in a similar sense, use cōnfīdentia. ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun. ==== Synonyms ==== (courage): audentia, fortitūdō, mēns, mīlitia, virtūs ==== Related terms ==== audāciter audacter audāculus ==== Descendants ==== === References === “audacia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “audacia”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "audacia", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “audacia”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. == Spanish == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin audācia. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /auˈdaθja/ [au̯ˈð̞a.θja] (Spain) IPA(key): /auˈdasja/ [au̯ˈð̞a.sja] (Latin America, Philippines) Rhymes: -aθja (Spain) Rhymes: -asja (Latin America, Philippines) Syllabification: au‧da‧cia === Noun === audacia f (plural audacias) audacity, boldness, daring Synonyms: atrevimiento, osadía ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “audacia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025